Service difficulty report · Cylinder · Cessna 402C

Difficulty date
August 28, 2020
Submitted
September 1, 2020
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N68752
Make and model
Cessna 402C
Aircraft serial
402C0518
Aircraft time
27,010 hours
Engine
Cont TSIO520VB
Engine time
8,737 hours
Part
Cylinder
Part number
658552A2
Part serial
AC19DA348
Condition
Damaged
Location
Nr 5
Part time
785 hours
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
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

PILOT REPORTED MAGNETO ROUGH IN FLIGHT. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED AND FOUND OIL IN THE #5 CYLINDER. UPON REMOVAL OF THE CYLINDER IT WAS FOUND TO HAVE MISSING MATERIAL AT THE VALVE INTAKE GUIDE. THE #5 CYLINDER WAS REPLACED WITH NO FURTHER DEFECTS NOTED

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