Service difficulty report · Cylinder · Gulstm 500B

Difficulty date
September 13, 2004
Submitted
December 7, 2004
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N6154X
Make and model
Gulstm 500B
Aircraft serial
500B98324
Engine
Lyc IO540E1A5
Part
Cylinder
Condition
Broken
Location
Nr 1
Part time
14,268 hours
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
R
Precautionary procedure
O

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What was found

NR 1 CYLINDER BARREL BROKE CAUSING PISTON TO BE CAUGHT ON THE DOWN STROKE. THEN ROD BOLTS BROKE AND ROD CAP CAME OFF. ENGINE LOST MUCH OF OIL AND WAS FEATHERED AND LANDED SAFELY.