- Difficulty date
- March 1, 2001
- Submitted
- March 7, 2001
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Make and model
- Doug DC6A
- Aircraft serial
- 44636
- Aircraft time
- 32,383 hours
- Engine
- Pwa R2800CB3
- Engine time
- 2,360 hours
- Part
- Spark Plug
- Part number
- RHB32E
- Condition
- Defective
- Location
- Nr 12 Cylinder
- Component
- Engine · Pwa · CB3
- Component part number
- R2800
- Stage of operation
- TX
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- E, R
- Precautionary procedure
- E, D
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.
What was found
ON RUNUP NR 3 ENGINE RUNNING ROUGH, 12 BMEP MAG DROP, (LEFT MAG). REPLACED NR 12L SPARK PLUG AND SHORT LEAD.
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