Service difficulty report · Support · Cirrus SR22

Difficulty date
August 6, 2013
Submitted
August 6, 2013
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N356RK
Make and model
Cirrus SR22
Aircraft serial
3857
Aircraft time
413 hours
Engine
Cont IO550N
Engine time
413 hours
Propeller
Mtprop MTV14D
Part
Support
Part number
BA111
Condition
Broken
Location
Air Filter
Part time
413 hours
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
C
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

AIR FILTER SUPPORT, MADE OF A CYLINDRICALLY SHAPED WIRE SCREEN WAS FOUND TO HAVE THE SCREEN MATERIAL BREAKING AT THE JUNCTION OF THE RADIAL TO VERTICAL WIRES. CAUSING, IN SEVERAL INSTANCES, TO SHED SECTIONS OF THE WIRE, UP TO AN INCH LONG. WHEN THESE WIRES SHED, THEY ARE ALLOWED TO FALL INTO THE INTAKE AIR STREAM, AS THEY ARE INSIDE THE FILTER. THIS COULD ULTIMATELY ALLOW THEM TO BE INGESTED INTO THE ENGINE.

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