Service difficulty report · Cylinder · Doug DC6A

Difficulty date
August 24, 2004
Submitted
August 25, 2004
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N99330
Make and model
Doug DC6A
Aircraft serial
43576
Aircraft time
30,444 hours
Engine
Pwa R2800CB3
Engine time
862 hours
Part
Cylinder
Part number
356993
Part serial
FF1646
Condition
Cracked
Location
Nr 4
Part time
862 hours
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
K, J
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 OIL LOSS. NR 4 CYLINDER CRACKED. REPLACED NR 4 CYLINDER. OP AND LEAK CHECKED GOOD.

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