Service difficulty report · Cylinder · Cessna 402C

Difficulty date
May 12, 2019
Submitted
May 15, 2019
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N68752
Make and model
Cessna 402C
Aircraft serial
C4020518
Aircraft time
25,884 hours
Engine
Cont TSIO520VB
Part
Cylinder
Part number
658552A2
Part serial
AC15GB640
Condition
Failed
Location
Nr 4
Part time
2,324 hours
Component
Engine · Cont · TSIO520VB
Component part number
TSIO520VB
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
E
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

PILOT REPORTED A ROUGH ENGINE; "MISSING" WHEN PROPS BROUGHT BACK FOR CRUISE AND STRONG VIBRATIONS ON FINAL APPROACH. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED AND FOUND THE LEFT ENGINE NR 4 CYLINDER EXHAUST VALVE GUIDE TO HAVE PLAY, THE EXHAUST VALVE CHIPPED, AND THE EXHAUST VALVE LIFTER FAILED. THE CYLINDER WAS REPLACED WITH NO FURTHER DEFECTS NOTED.

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