- Difficulty date
- February 16, 2002
- Submitted
- February 25, 2002
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Make and model
- Doug DC6B
- Aircraft serial
- 43554
- Aircraft time
- 40,213 hours
- Engine
- Pwa R2800*
- Engine time
- 1,621 hours
- Part
- Cylinder
- Part number
- 356996
- Part serial
- RA264
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Nr 4 Engine
- Part time
- 1,621 hours
- Stage of operation
- DE
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- R
- Precautionary procedure
- E
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.
What was found
SHUT DOWN NR 4 ENGINE AT 0735 ZULU DUE TO BACKFIRING. REPLACED NR 11 CYLINDER.
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