What was found
PILOT REPORTED SHUDDERING AND VIBRATION FROM LEFT ENGINE. UPON INSPECTION MAINTENANCE FOUND THE CYLINDER ROTOCOIL BROKEN. CYLINDER WAS REPLACED, ADDITIONAL DETAILS TO BE CONVEYED UPON TEARDOWN ANALYSIS.
- Difficulty date
- April 28, 2017
- Submitted
- May 3, 2017
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N6813J
- Make and model
- Cessna 402C
- Aircraft serial
- 402C0641
- Aircraft time
- 31,510 hours, 35,200 cycles
- Engine
- Cont TSIO520VB
- System (JASC)
- 8530 · Reciprocating Engine Cylinder Section
- Part
- Cylinder
- Condition
- Broken
- Location
- Engine
- Part time
- 1,972 hours
- Stage of operation
- CR
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- E
- Precautionary procedure
- O
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.