Service difficulty report · Cylinder · Doug DC6A

Difficulty date
January 5, 2004
Submitted
January 7, 2004
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N99330
Make and model
Doug DC6A
Aircraft serial
43576
Aircraft time
29,581 hours
Engine
Pwa R2800CB3
Engine time
317 hours
Part
Cylinder
Part number
356993
Part serial
14
Condition
Making Metal
Location
Nr 6
Part time
317 hours
Component
Engine · Pwa
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
R, J
Precautionary procedure
E, A

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

What was found

NR 4 ENGINE SHUT DOWN DUE TO BACK FIRING, NR 6 CYLINDER LT AND RT LOW RESISTANCE SECONDARY. REPLACED NR 4 ENGINE DUE TO MAKING METAL.

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