Service difficulty report · Cylinder · Doug DC6

Difficulty date
May 31, 2002
Submitted
June 24, 2002
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N779TA
Make and model
Doug DC6
Aircraft serial
45529
Aircraft time
37,053 hours
Engine
Pwa R2800*
Engine time
1,072 hours
Part
Cylinder
Part number
356994
Part serial
262903
Condition
Cracked
Location
Nr 1 Engine
Part time
1,072 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

NR 1 ENGINE SHUT DOWN AT 0210Z DUE TO THE RUNNING ROUGH. REPLACED THE NR 1 CYLINDER ON THE NR 1 ENGINE.

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