Owen Zupp Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 Hi All, Here's a new post about a partial engine failure. http://www.owenzupp.com/_blog/Owen_Zupp/post/The_Big_Bang_Theory_An_Aviation_Blog_by_Owen_Zupp/ Cheers, Owen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siznaudin Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 A gripping account: well written, as always - but what was the finding as to the reason for the cylinder head failure, I wonder....:eek: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owen Zupp Posted February 2, 2012 Author Share Posted February 2, 2012 Hi Siznaudin, The failure of cylinders on these engines turned out to have occurred more than once. Here is an ATSB report on another incident and late in the report it refers to other occurrences. http://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/1998/aair/aair199804715.aspx I trust this answers the question. Cheers Owen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siznaudin Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 Thanks Owen - I appreciate your contributions very much indeed...well written! Cheers, Geoff. * here's more stuff to add to the story: scary! http://www.aopa.org/aircraft/articles/2009/090212continental.html http://www.oreillylaw.com/Verdicts-Settlements/Settlement-Paboojian-v-Teledyne-Continental-Motors.shtml http://www.casa.gov.au/scripts/nc.dll?WCMS:OLDASSET::svPath=/ADfiles/piston/cont/,svFileName=CONT-089.pdf And if I'm interpreting this correctly, cylinder head issues were identified back in 2004 with the Turbo'd engines. http://www.cessnaowner.org/forums/topic.html?id=17906 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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