Service difficulty report · Coil · Doug DC6A

Difficulty date
April 24, 2001
Submitted
April 26, 2001
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N43872
Make and model
Doug DC6A
Aircraft serial
533294
Aircraft time
32,272 hours
Engine
Pwa R2800CB3
Engine time
2,390 hours
Part
Coil
Part number
10553991
Condition
Shorted
Location
Nr 16 Cylinder
Component
Engine · Pwa · CB3
Component part number
R2800
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
E
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 NR 2 ENGINE AT 1935 DUE TO BACKFIRING AND RUNNING ROUGH. REPLACED THE NR 16 CYLINDER IGNITION COIL.

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