Service difficulty report · Cylinder · Doug C118A

Difficulty date
August 7, 2002
Submitted
August 8, 2002
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N1377K
Make and model
Doug C118A
Aircraft serial
44596
Aircraft time
34,539 hours
Engine
Pwa R2800*
Engine time
1,939 hours
Part
Cylinder
Part number
356994
Part serial
024516
Condition
Cracked
Location
Nr 3 Engine
Part time
1,939 hours
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
R
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 THE NR 3 ENGINE AT 1841Z DUE TO RUNNING ROUGH AND LOW COMPRESSION INDICATED, NR 6 OR NR 17. REMOVED AND REPLACED THE NR 17 CYLINDER ON THE NR 3 ENGINE.

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