Service difficulty report · Exhaust Valve · Cessna 402C

Difficulty date
November 20, 2014
Submitted
November 24, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N5826C
Make and model
Cessna 402C
Aircraft serial
402C0050
Aircraft time
32,713 hours, 6,469 cycles
Engine
Cont TSIO520VB
Engine time
2,563 hours
Part
Exhaust Valve
Condition
Broken
Location
Rt Engine
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
R, J
Precautionary procedure
E

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

WHILE IN CRUISE POWER, COULD FEEL AN ENG STARTING TO RUN ROUGH. UNTIL THE RT OIL PRESS & RT CYLINDER HEAD TEMPERATURE STARTED TO DROP HE WAS UNSURE WHICH SIDE. IT WAS APPROX 3 - 4MIN FROM WHEN HE FIRST FELT THE ROUGHNESS UNTIL THE RT ENG OIL PRESS & CYLINDER HEAD TEMPERATURE STARTED TO DROP. THE OIL PRESS DID FALL TO 0 & THE ENG WAS SHUTDOWN. IT WAS ALSO REPORTED BY A PAX THAT THERE WERE SPARKS COMING FROM THE BACK OF THE ENG. AN EMER WAS DECLARED & THE PLANE LANDED SAFELY. INITIAL INVESTIGATION INDICATES A BROKEN EXHAUST VLV IS THE SOURCE OF THE PROBLEM. MX IS ON SITE. THE ENG IS BEING R & R, SENT FOR TEARDOWN.

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