Service difficulty report · Cylinder · Cessna 402C

Difficulty date
August 23, 2017
Submitted
August 26, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N740CA
Make and model
Cessna 402C
Aircraft serial
402C0277
Aircraft time
25,339 hours
Engine
Cont TSIO520VB
Engine time
1,894 hours
Part
Cylinder
Part number
658552A2
Part serial
AC16DA751
Condition
Damaged
Location
Rt Engine
Part time
1,110 hours
Component
Engine · Cont · TSIO520VB
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
E
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

CREW REPORTED A STRONG VIBRATION FROM RT ENGINE AS MIXTURE WAS REDUCED BELOW 100 PPH. THE CREW ENRICHED THE MIXTURE AND ELECTED TO DIVERT TO KHYA AS A PRECAUTION. INSPECTION DISCOVERED LOW DIFFERENTIAL COMPRESSION, 0 PSI/80PSI, AT CYLINDER POSITION NUMBER 1 OF THE RT ENGINE. A BORESCOPE INSPECTION WAS PERFORMED AND EXHAUST VALVE FACE EXHIBITED CLASSIC SIGNS OF OVERHEATING. THERE IS ALSO EVIDENCE OF EXHAUST VALVE SEAT RECESSION. IMAGES OF EXHAUST VALVE AND SEAT WILL BE PROVIDED AS A SUPPLEMENT TO THIS RECORD TO ILLUSTRATE DAMAGE. DIFFERENTIAL COMPRESSION CHECK AND BORESCOPE PROCEDURES WERE PERFORMED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LATEST REVISION OF CMI M-0 MANUAL. THESE INSPECTION PROCEDURES WERE LAST PERMED 34.2 FLIGHT HOURS PRIOR TO THIS EVENT. THIS CYLINDER WAS PURCHASED NEW AND HAS ACCUMULATED 1110.3 HOURS OF OPERATION IN 13 MONTHS. THE INTAKE AND EXHAUST LIFTER ASSOCIATED WITH THIS CYLINDER WERE REPLACED AS A PRECAUTION.

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