Service difficulty report · Carburetor · Doug DC6

Difficulty date
September 27, 2004
Submitted
November 15, 2004
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N2907F
Make and model
Doug DC6
Aircraft serial
533265
Aircraft time
36,164 hours
Engine
Pwa R2800CB3
Engine time
2 hours
Part
Carburetor
Part number
PR58E5
Part serial
H005184
Condition
Power Loss
Location
Engine
Part time
2 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 2 ENGINE SHUT DOWN DUE TO RUNNING ROUGH, HIGH FUEL FLOW AND LOW BMEP CHT COLD. REMOVED AND REPLACED CARBURETOR. LEAK AND OP CHECK GOOD.

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