- Difficulty date
- June 1, 2000
- Submitted
- June 26, 2000
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Make and model
- Doug DC6A
- Aircraft serial
- 44636
- Aircraft time
- 31,615 hours
- Engine
- Pwa R2800*
- Engine time
- 1,592 hours
- Part
- Cylinder
- Part number
- 3563993
- Part serial
- 4591
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Nr 3 Engine
- Component
- Engine · Pwa · R2800CB3
- Component part number
- R2800CB3
- Stage of operation
- CR
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- R
- Precautionary procedure
- E
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.
What was found
NR 3 ENGINE, PRECAUTIONARY SHUTDOWN DUE TO BACKFIRING IN CRUISE AT 2336Z. REPLACED CYLINDER ASSY.
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