Service difficulty report · Cylinder · Doug DC6

Difficulty date
June 14, 2001
Submitted
June 15, 2001
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N779TA
Make and model
Doug DC6
Aircraft serial
45529
Aircraft time
36,157 hours
Engine
Pwa R2800CB3
Engine time
519 hours
Part
Cylinder
Part number
356993
Part serial
FQ975
Condition
Cracked
Location
Engine
Part time
519 hours
Component
Engine · Pwa · CB3
Component part number
R2800
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
E, A

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

What was found

DISCREPANCY: #4 Engine will not take a lean & #17 cylinder shows no compression on analyzer.CORRECTIVE ACTION: Replaced the #4 cylinder assy.

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