Service difficulty report · Cylinder · Cessna TU206G

Difficulty date
June 11, 2018
Submitted
June 22, 2018
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N206WD
Make and model
Cessna TU206G
Aircraft serial
U20606832
Aircraft time
3,804 hours
Engine
Cont TSIO520R
Engine time
768 hours
Propeller
Mcauly D3A34C402
Part
Cylinder
Part number
SA52006A22P
Part serial
526A1725058
Condition
Cracked
Location
Engine
Part time
274 hours
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
E, R
Precautionary procedure
D

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

What was found

ACFT STARTED AND RUNNING FOR A TRAINING FLIGHT, PILOTS NOTICED A VIBRATION OF THE ENGINE AND NO CYLINDER HEAD TEMP OR EXHAUST TEMP ON NR 6 CYLINDER IAW THE ENGINE MONITOR. PILOTS SHUT ENGINE DOWN AND NOTIFIED MAINTENANCE. AFTER INSPECTION OF CYLINDER NR 6, BY USE OF A BORSCOPE FOUND EXHAUST VALVE WAS MISSING A PORTION OF THE VALVE. REMOVED THE CYLINDER AND FOUND IT CRACKED FROM THE LOWER SPARK PLUG BOSS TO THE EXHAUST PORT, DAMAGE TO INNER CYLINDER HEAD MISSING MATERIAL AND MISSING PORTION OF EXHAUST VALVE.

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