Service difficulty report · Exhaust Duct · Piper PA31350

Difficulty date
December 16, 2011
Submitted
December 20, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N106RE
Make and model
Piper PA31350
Aircraft serial
317752056
Engine
Lyc TIO540*
Part
Exhaust Duct
Part number
LW16793
Condition
Cracked
Location
Zone 400
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
R, J
Precautionary procedure
E, A

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

What was found

E2 DEGRADED FROM FULL POWER MP AT 25", AND FUEL FLOW IN BOUND WITH NO FREIGHT. AFTER DEPARTURE, NR 2 ENGINE WOULD ONLY PRODUCE 25" OF MP. FUEL FLOW WAS LOW. ADJUSTED MIXTURE, SWITCHED TANKS, TURNED THE EMERGENCY PUMP ON AND OFF TO TROUBLESHOOT. CAME TO THE CONCLUSION IT WAS NOT PRODUCING ANY POWER AND THE 25" WAS AMBIANT PRESSURE. SHUTDOWN NR 2 ENGINE. ACFT MAINTAINED ALTITUDE AND SPEED, VFR CONDITIONS, LOW DENSITY ALTITUDE, NR 1 ENGINE WAS RUNNING WELL AT 40". DIVERTED, LANDED SAFELY. FOUND EXHAUST DUCT CRACKED.

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