Service difficulty report · Cylinder · Doug DC6A

Difficulty date
May 27, 2004
Submitted
May 28, 2004
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N99330
Make and model
Doug DC6A
Aircraft serial
43576
Aircraft time
30,170 hours
Engine
Pwa R2800CB3
Engine time
450 hours
Part
Cylinder
Part number
356994
Part serial
RF134
Condition
Defective
Location
Nr 2 Engine
Part time
450 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: NR 2 ENGINE SHUT DOWN DUE TO RUNNING ROUGH AND BACK FIRING AT CRUISE. NR 1 CYLINDER LT SIDE SHORTED SECONDARY. REPLACED NR 1 CYLINDER DUE TO FAILED RINGLAND.

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