Service difficulty report · Stud · Piper PA31350

Difficulty date
October 30, 2002
Submitted
November 13, 2002
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N495SC
Make and model
Piper PA31350
Aircraft serial
318052062
Engine
Lyc LTIO540J2BD
Part
Stud
Part number
76220
Condition
Broken
Location
Nr 4 Cylinder
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.

What was found

NEW STUDS AND THRU BOLTS OF OFF ON FINAL APPROACH, THE RT ENGINE STARTED RUNNING ROUGH FURTHER INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE NR 4 CYLINDER EXHAUST WAS CRACKED. THIS WAS CRACKED BECAUSE THE NR 4 CYLINDER THRU-BOLTS BROKE WHICH ALLOWED OTHER HOLD-DOWN STUDS TO BREAK WHICH ALLOWED THE CYLINDER TO PARTIALLY SEPARATE FROM THE CRANKCASE.

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