Service difficulty report · Cylinder · Doug DC6A

Difficulty date
May 15, 2001
Submitted
May 16, 2001
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N99330
Make and model
Doug DC6A
Aircraft serial
43576
Aircraft time
26,755 hours
Engine
Pwa R2800CB3
Engine time
1,559 hours
Part
Cylinder
Part number
356993
Part serial
A560VWOM
Condition
Defective
Location
Nr 3 Engine
Part time
1,559 hours
Component
Engine · Pwa · CB3
Component part number
R2800
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
R
Precautionary procedure
E, A

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

What was found

FEATHERED THE NR 3 ENGINE AT 2311Z DUE TO LOW COMPRESSION INDICATION NR 2 CYLINDER. REPLACED THE NR 2 CYLINDER.

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