Service difficulty report · Cylinder · Doug DC6A

Difficulty date
April 13, 2002
Submitted
April 15, 2002
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N99330
Make and model
Doug DC6A
Aircraft serial
43576
Aircraft time
27,611 hours
Engine
Pwa R2800*
Engine time
725 hours
Part
Cylinder
Part number
356994
Part serial
A120PNKW
Condition
Cracked
Location
Nr 1 Engine
Part time
725 hours
Stage of operation
CR
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

FEATHERED THE NR 1 ENGINE AT 2318Z DUE TO RUNNING ROUGH AND BACKFIRING. REMOVED AND REPLACED THE NR 13 CYLINDER ON THE NR 1 ENGINE.

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