Service difficulty report · Cylinder · Piper PA31350

Difficulty date
January 28, 2014
Submitted
February 11, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N3553F
Make and model
Piper PA31350
Aircraft serial
318052044
Aircraft time
19,000 hours, 21,732 cycles
Engine
Lyc LTIO540J2B
Engine time
8,719 hours, 9,452 cycles
Part
Cylinder
Condition
Faulty
Location
Rt Engine
Part time
8,719 hours, 9,452 cycles
Component
Engine · Lyc
Component part number
LTIO540J2B
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
E
Precautionary procedure
E

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

What was found

DURING CLIMB OUT 100 FT PRIOR TO LEVEL OFF IN CRUISE 3000 MSL, RT ENG BEGAN TO SURGE ± 200 RPM. PILOT TURNED ON ELEC FUEL PUMPS & ADDED FULL FUEL MIXTURE, PROP & THROTTLE. RT ENG BEGAN TO VIBRATE & INTENSITY OF SURGING BEGAN TO INCREASE. PILOT CHECKED ENG INSTRUMENTS EGT WAS AT 1450 & OIL PRESS AT 80 PSI, BOTH ENG OIL TEMP & CYLINDER HEAD TEMP BEGAN TO INCREASE RAPIDLY ABOVE RED LINE. PILOT DECIDED TO SHUT DOWN RT ENG, AFTER SHUTDOWN & RUNNING ENG FAILURE CHECKLIST, PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY & LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MX TROUBLESHOOTING REVEALED LOW COMPRESSION ON CYLINDERS ONE & SIX, ENG IS BEING REPLACED.

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