Service difficulty report · Cylinder · Cessna 402C

Difficulty date
July 31, 2018
Submitted
August 3, 2018
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N68391
Make and model
Cessna 402C
Aircraft serial
C4020483
Aircraft time
34,845 hours
Engine
Cont TSIO520VB
Part
Cylinder
Part number
658552A2
Part serial
AC16FB379
Condition
Damaged
Location
Nr 5
Part time
1,419 hours
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
R, K
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 THE LEFT ENGINE STARTED TO RUN ROUGH DURING FLIGHT AND THE OIL PRESSURE SLOWLY DROPPED. AFTER LANDING, THE CREW REPORTED OIL DRIPPING OFF THE COWL. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED AND FOUND METAL CONTAMINATION IN ENGINE OIL SYSTEM AND THE NR 5 CYLINDER SHOWING SIGNS OF PRE-IGNITION. THE ENGINE WAS REPLACED.

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