Service difficulty report · Cylinder · Doug C118A

Difficulty date
June 29, 2001
Submitted
July 2, 2001
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N1377K
Make and model
Doug C118A
Aircraft serial
44596
Aircraft time
33,311 hours
Engine
Pwa R2800CB3
Engine time
1,901 hours
Part
Cylinder
Part number
356995
Part serial
FP736
Condition
Failed
Location
Engine
Part time
1,905 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

DISCREPANCY; #1 engine #10 cylinder left side shorted secondary, and running rough. #1 engine backfiring, and BMEP erratic at all power settings.CORRECTIVE ACTION; Replaced #10 coil and #10 cylinder.

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