Service difficulty report · Intake Valve · Robsin R44RAVENII

Difficulty date
August 13, 2019
Submitted
August 24, 2019
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N555EL
Make and model
Robsin R44RAVENII
Aircraft serial
10665
Aircraft time
2,978 hours
Engine
Lyc IO540AE1A5
Engine time
2,978 hours
Part
Intake Valve
Part number
17A23937
Condition
Fragmented
Location
Nr 1 Cylinder
Part time
778 hours
Component
Cylinder · Lyc
Component part number
LW12993
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
R, E
Precautionary procedure
A

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

THE PILOT HEARD/FELT A POP, HAD AN INCREASE IN VIBRATION, AND A PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER. HE MADE AN EMERGENCY DESCENT TO A POWER ASSISTED LANDING IN THE TUNDRA, UPON LANDING SAW SMOKE COMING FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. SHUT DOWN AIRCRAFT. FOUND NO EVIDENCE OF FIRE. OIL ON EXHAUST, SAW OIL IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. CALLED MAINTENANCE. UPON MAINTENANCE GETTING THERE, WE FOUND THE INTAKE VALVE ON THE #1 CYLINDER WAS MISSING. FURTHER INVESTIGATION FOUND THE VALVE STEM AT THE KEEPERS HAD BROKEN, AND LET THE VALVE FALL INTO THE CYLINDER. WE FOUND THE PARTS OF THE VALVE IN THE INTAKE SYSTEM OF THE ENGINE. THE PISTON AND THE CYLINDER HEAD WERE HAMMERED.