Service difficulty report · Lifter · Cessna 402C

Difficulty date
February 26, 2019
Submitted
March 15, 2019
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N385CA
Make and model
Cessna 402C
Aircraft serial
C4020111
Aircraft time
19,248 hours
Engine
Cont TSIO520VB
Part
Lifter
Part number
653877
Condition
Collapsed
Location
Engine
Part time
1,265 hours
Component
Engine · Cont · TSIO520VB
Component part number
TSIO520VB
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

PILOT REPORTED ENGINE RUNS ROUGH IN CLIMB. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED AND FOUND LOW COMPRESSION ON THE NR 2 & NR 3 CYLINDERS OF THE RIGHT ENGINE, COLLAPSED LIFTERS ON THE NR 5 & NR 6 CYLINDERS, AS WELL AS A CRACKED BEARING ON THE NR 3 CYLINDER CONNECTING ROD. BOTH CYLINDERS AND THE NR 3 & NR 4 CONNECTING RODS WERE REPLACED WITH NO FURTHER DEFECTS NOTED.

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