Service difficulty report · Exhaust Valve · Cessna 402C

Difficulty date
December 1, 2016
Submitted
December 5, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N401TJ
Make and model
Cessna 402C
Aircraft serial
402C0109
Aircraft time
24,884 hours, 34,018 cycles
Engine
Cont TSIO520VB
Part
Exhaust Valve
Condition
Failed
Location
Nr 5 Cylinder
Part time
2,306 hours
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
R
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

PILOT REPORTED "LEFT ENGINE RUNNING ROUGH AND WON'T IDLE BELOW 500 RPM". UPON INSPECTION MAINTENANCE FOUND THE NR 5 CYLINDER WAS READING ZERO COMPRESSION DUE TO AN EXHAUST VALVE CRACKED IN HALF. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE CYLINDER AND PISTON ASSEMBLY WITH NO FURTHER DEFECTS NOTED.

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