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Service difficulty report · Exhaust Pipe · Cessna T240

Difficulty date: March 14, 2016
Submitted: March 14, 2016
Operation: General aviation
Aircraft: N179CS
Make and model: Cessna T240
Aircraft serial: T2402096
Aircraft time: 50 hours
Engine: Cont TSIO550C
Engine time: 50 hours
System (JASC): 7810 · Engine Collector/Tailpipe/Nozzle
Part: Exhaust Pipe
Part number: 28501003
Part serial: 1126
Condition: Chafed
Location: Engine
Part time: 50 hours
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

THE RT ENGINE EXHAUST TAILPIPE, WAS FOUND TO BE INCORRECTLY INSTALLED OR MANUFACTURED. DURING FLIGHT, THE EXHAUST TAILPIPE CHAFED THE FIREWALL, PN 2813102-8 AND THE FLAME SHIELD, EXHAUST, PN 2813100-13. THE CHAFING PRODUCED A HOLE THROUGH THE FIREWALL. THIS WAS VISUALLY DISCOVERED DURING AN INSPECTION.

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