Service difficulty report · Cylinder · Doug DC6

Difficulty date
January 24, 2004
Submitted
January 26, 2004
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N779TA
Make and model
Doug DC6
Aircraft serial
45529
Aircraft time
38,985 hours
Engine
Pwa R2800CB3
Engine time
541 hours
Part
Cylinder
Part number
356996
Part serial
5075205
Condition
Failed
Location
Nr 4 Engine
Part time
541 hours
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

NR 4 ENGINE SHUT DOWN DUE TO RUNNING ROUGH. REPLACED NR 4 ENGINE, NR 11 CYLINDER DUE TO NO COMPRESSION. CHECKED GOOD.

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