Service difficulty report · Cylinder · Doug DC6A

Difficulty date
February 15, 2005
Submitted
February 17, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N99330
Make and model
Doug DC6A
Aircraft serial
43576
Aircraft time
30,949 hours
Engine
Pwa R2800CB3
Engine time
1,367 hours
Part
Cylinder
Part number
356993
Part serial
FW485
Condition
Cracked
Location
Nr 18
Part time
1,367 hours
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
R, E, J
Precautionary procedure
E, A

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, WOULD NOT TAKE A LEAN. NR 4 ENGINE NR 18 CYLINDER REPLACED. OP AND LEAK CHECKED GOOD.

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