What was found
NR 4 ENGINE FEATHERED DUE TO BACKFIRING, RUNNING ROUGH, AND LOSS OF POWER. REPLACED NR 4 ENGINE, NR 2 CYLINDER DUE TO CRACKED HEAD.
- Difficulty date
- March 31, 2004
- Submitted
- April 2, 2004
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N43872
- Make and model
- Doug DC6
- Aircraft serial
- 533294
- Aircraft time
- 35,593 hours
- Engine
- Pwa R2800CB3
- Engine time
- 1,019 hours
- System (JASC)
- 8530 · Reciprocating Engine Cylinder Section
- Part
- Cylinder Head
- Part number
- 356993
- Part serial
- 776806
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Nr 4 Engine
- Part time
- 1,019 hours
- Stage of operation
- CL
- 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.