- Difficulty date
- January 24, 2003
- Submitted
- February 5, 2003
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Make and model
- Doug DC6
- Aircraft serial
- 43554
- Aircraft time
- 40,505 hours
- Engine
- Pwa R2800CB3
- Engine time
- 2,375 hours
- Part
- Cylinder
- Part number
- 356993
- Part serial
- A548VVDA
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- #6
- Part time
- 1,453 hours
- Component
- Engine · Pwa · CB3
- Component part number
- R2800
- 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
DISCREPANCY: #3 ENGINE FEATHERED FOR BACKFIRING & VIBRATION.CORRECTIVE ACTION: REPLACED #6 CYLINDER.
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