Service difficulty report · Adapter · Beech A36

Difficulty date
September 11, 2013
Submitted
September 27, 2013
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N102HL
Make and model
Beech A36
Aircraft serial
E1462
Engine
Cont IO550B
Part
Adapter
Part number
V35250
Condition
Cracked
Location
Lt Wastegate
Part time
982 hours
Component
Exhaust Sys
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

EXHAUST STAINING ON THE OUTSIDE OF COWLING. DISCOVERED EXHAUST HAS BEEN PRESSURIZED AT EVERY ANNUAL SINCE INSTALLATION. CRACK WAS NOT EVIDENT IN AT THE LAST ANNUAL APPROX 90 HRS AGO. IT WOULD APPEAR THAT THE CRACK WAS CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE STRESS ON THE EXHAUST.

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