What was found
NR 2 ENGINE WILL NOT TAKE A LEAN AND RUNS ROUGH. REPLACED NR 6 CYLINDER ON NR 2 ENGINE FOR A CRACKED HEAD.
- Difficulty date
- August 26, 2000
- Submitted
- August 29, 2000
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N43872
- Make and model
- Doug DC6A
- Aircraft serial
- 533294
- Aircraft time
- 31,717 hours
- Engine
- Pwa R2800CB3
- Engine time
- 1,627 hours
- System (JASC)
- 8530 · Reciprocating Engine Cylinder Section
- Part
- Cylinder
- Part number
- 356993
- Part serial
- 995221
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Nr 2 Engine
- Part time
- 1,627 hours
- Stage of operation
- CL
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- A
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.