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Continental Motors does not provide a TBO for engines that have been: Assembled with parts not supplied by CM. Assembled with parts that do not conform to the original FAA approved type design for the engine. Modified from the original type certificate configuration.
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The definitive word on the subject of TBO for engines manufactured by Teledyne Continental Motors is TCM Service Bulletin M91-8 — “Recommended Overhaul Periods for All Teledyne Continental Motors Aircraft Engines” — dated July 10, 1991. This is the document in which TCM publishes a table of recommended TBOs for all TCM engine models.TCM service bul...
Does this mean that the manufacturer’s TBO is a worthless figure that should be ignored? No, not at all. In my view, the best way to think about published TBO is the way we think about human life expectancy statistics.According to the National Vital Statistics Reportpublished by the Centers for Disease Control, the current life expectancy at birth ...
When I purchased my T310R in 1987, it had 1,300 hours total time on the airframe and engines. Since TCM’s published TBO for its TSIO-520-BB engines is 1400 hours, those engines were pretty much “run out” when I acquired the airplane (and the price I paid was adjusted downward accordingly).At 1,400 hours those engines were still running superbly, an...
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Teledyne Continental Motors (TCM) and the aircraft manufacturers provide operational limitations and instructions for your engine along with the requirements for continued airworthiness as specified in the engine Operators, Maintenance and Overhaul Manuals and Service Bulletins. The Time Between Engine Overhaul (TBO) provided
SUBJECT: PURPOSE: COMPLIANCE: MODELS AFFECTED: MSB94-9. FAA APPROVED Supersedes M92-13. INSPECTION OF ENGINE MOUNT BRACKET, PART NUMBER 630695; REPLACEMENT OF ENGINE MOUNT BRACKETS, PART NUMBERS 630694 AND 630695. TCM has investigated instances of cracks located in the left lower engine mount bracket P/N 630695 used on the affected engine models.
The Continental O-300 and the C145 are a family of air-cooled flat-6 aircraft piston engines built by Teledyne Continental Motors. First produced in 1947, versions were still in production as of 2004. It was produced under licence in the United Kingdom by Rolls-Royce in the 1960s.
Time between overhauls (abbreviated as TBO or TBOH) is the manufacturer's recommended number of running hours or calendar time before an aircraft engine or other component requires overhaul. On rotorcraft, many components have recommended or mandatory TBOs, including main rotor blades, tail rotor blades and gearboxes.
TELEDYNE CONTINENTAL ® AIRCRAFT ENGINE SERVICE INFORMATION LETTER Contains Useful Information Pertaining To Your Aircraft Engines’ Operational Maintenance SUBJECT: AIRWORTHINESS LIMITATIONS. PURPOSE: To provide airworthiness limitations information for all Teledyne Continental Motors (TCM) engines.
