Service difficulty report · Exhaust Valve · Cessna 402C

Difficulty date
August 19, 2017
Submitted
August 22, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N548GA
Make and model
Cessna 402C
Aircraft serial
402C0653
Aircraft time
29,736 hours, 36,107 cycles
Engine
Cont TSIO520VB
Engine time
1,917 hours
Part
Exhaust Valve
Condition
Damaged
Location
Nr 5 Cylinder
Part time
1,917 hours
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
B
Nature of condition
R
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

CREW REPORTED 'INTERMITTENT ENGINE MISFIRE IN FLIGHT. NO PRECAUTIONARY ACTIONS WERE TAKEN BY THE CREW AND THE ACFT LANDED SAFELY AT ITS INTENDED DESTINATION WITH NO ISSUES. INSPECTION DISCOVERED LOW DIFFERENTIAL COMPRESSION CHECK RESULT AT CYLINDER NR 5 FOR THE LT ENGINE. A BORESCOPE INSPECTION WAS PERFORMED. THE VALVE DOES NOT APPEAR TO EXHIBIT THE COMMON GREEN COLOR INDICATING HEAT DAMAGE BUT THE EXHAUST VALVE EDGES WERE NOTED AS WAVY. ASSUME THIS MAY BE A CUMULATIVE EROSION EFFECT FROM EXHAUST GAS BLOW BY. DIFFERENTIAL COMPRESSION CHECK AND BORESCOPE INSPECTION PERFORMED IAW LATEST REVISION OF CMI M-O MANUAL. ON REMOVAL OF THE ROCKER BOX COVER, THE EXHAUST VALVE ROTOCOIL WAS FOUND TO BE SEVERELY DAMAGED.

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