Service difficulty report · Intake Valve · Robsin R44RAVENII

Difficulty date
February 4, 2015
Submitted
February 10, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N4126A
Make and model
Robsin R44RAVENII
Aircraft serial
12096
Aircraft time
3,228 hours
Engine
Lyc IO540AE1A5
Engine time
3,228 hours
Part
Intake Valve
Condition
Broken
Location
Nr 5 Cylinder
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
R, E
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

PARTIAL POWER LOSS & ENG ROUGHNESS REPORTED. BROKEN INTAKE VLV FOUND ON NR 5 CYLINDER.