Service difficulty report · Cylinder · Doug DC6A

Difficulty date
September 17, 2002
Submitted
October 17, 2002
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N99330
Make and model
Doug DC6A
Aircraft serial
43576
Aircraft time
28,040 hours
Engine
Pwa R2800CB3
Engine time
759 hours
Part
Cylinder
Part number
356994
Part serial
A682WOJK
Condition
Cracked
Location
#3 Engine
Part time
759 hours
Component
Engine · Pwa · R2800CB3
Component part number
R2800CB3
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
R
Precautionary procedure
A

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

DISCREPANCIES: #3 ENGINE BACKFIRE, LOW BMEP @ 0010Z.CORRECTIVE ACTION: REPLACED #3 ENGINE, #5 CYLINDER.

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