What was found
DURING FLIGHT BACK TO COD. ENGINE STARTED RUNNING ROUGH WITH POWER LOSS OIL PRESSURE DROPPED TO 9 PSI. ONCE IN MX IT WAS DISCOVERED THE #2 CYLINDER EXHAUST SIDE HAD BROKEN OFF WITH THE ROCKER ARM INSIDE.
- Difficulty date
- April 19, 2022
- Submitted
- April 21, 2022
- Operation
- General aviation
- Aircraft
- N703TP
- Make and model
- Cirrus SR22T
- Aircraft serial
- 1340
- Aircraft time
- 1,374 hours
- Engine
- Cont TSIO550K
- Engine time
- 1,126 hours
- Propeller
- Hartzl PHCJ3YF1
- System (JASC)
- 8530 · Reciprocating Engine Cylinder Section
- Part
- Cylinder Head
- Part number
- 658815A3
- Part serial
- UNK
- Condition
- Broken
- Location
- Cylinder #2
- Part time
- 1,126 hours
- Component
- Engine · Cont
- Component part number
- TSIO550K
- Stage of operation
- DE
- How discovered
- V
- Nature of condition
- D, E, R
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.