What was found
DURING A CYLINDER CHANGE, THE SMALL END BUSHING IN THE CONNECTING ROD WAS FOUND SHIFTED & ROTATED IN ITS BORE IN THE NR 1 CONNECTING ROD. THE ENG WAS REBUILT TO ZERO TIME, 1290 OPERATING HOURS AGO.
- Difficulty date
- December 19, 2014
- Submitted
- December 20, 2014
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N93021
- Make and model
- Cessna 207A
- Aircraft serial
- 20700766
- Aircraft time
- 18,145 hours, 37,000 cycles
- Engine
- Cont IO520F
- Engine time
- 1,290 hours, 2,600 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 8520 · Reciprocating Engine Power Section
- Part
- Bushing
- Part number
- 530658
- Condition
- Loose
- Location
- Engine
- Part time
- 1,290 hours, 2,600 cycles
- Component
- Connecting Rod · Cont
- Component part number
- 646126
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- V
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.