142 – Fixing a Stranded Cessna 172XP and Flying it Home




Airplane Owner Maintenance - By Dean Showalter show

Summary: What an adventure! This airplane got stranded at Wilmington, Delaware due to failure of the #2 cylinder on the Lycoming IO-360 engine. The local maintenance shop discovered the exhaust valve rocker shaft stud had broken… here’s what it looked like: Obviously, that cylinder was rendered useless… and it caused a significant power loss. Thankfully, the […]