Service difficulty report · Spark Plug · Cirrus SR22

Difficulty date
June 27, 2007
Submitted
June 28, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N851CD
Make and model
Cirrus SR22
Aircraft serial
1493
Aircraft time
1,450 hours
Engine
Cont IO550N
Engine time
1,450 hours
Propeller
Hartzl PHCJ3YF1
Part
Spark Plug
Part number
RHB32S
Condition
Cracked
Location
Engine
Part time
1,450 hours
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

AT APPROXIMATELY 1600 LOCAL FLYING FROM KPDK TO KGSO AT CRUISE DEVELOPED AN ENGINE VIBRATION AND ROUGH RUNNING. DIVERTED INTO KGMU WITH 1 PASSENGER, WITHOUT INCIDENT. AFTER GROUND CHECKS FOUND THAT A SPARK PLUG FIRING SIDE INSULATOR WAS CRACKED CAUSING THE MISS FIRE.

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