What was found
DISCREPANCY: #2 ENGINE SHUT DOWN DUE TO #10 CYLINDER DOUBLE SHORTED SECONDARY AND RUNNING ROUGH.CORRECTIVE ACTION: REPLACED FRONT AND REAR SPARK PLUGS.
- Difficulty date
- February 6, 2003
- Submitted
- February 7, 2003
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N779TA
- Make and model
- Doug DC6
- Aircraft serial
- 45529
- Aircraft time
- 37,830 hours
- Engine
- Pwa R2800CB3
- Engine time
- 1,122 hours
- System (JASC)
- 7421 · Spark Plug/Igniter
- Part
- Spark Plug
- Part number
- URHB32E
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- 10
- Part time
- 133 hours
- Component
- Cylinder · Pwa
- Component part number
- 356993
- 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.