SR22 pilot reported that the exhaust manifold pipe fell off during climb.

Attributes
ACN	1545104
Time
Date	201805
Local Time Of Day	0001-0600
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZZ.Airport
State Reference	FO
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	SR22
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Initial Climb
Route In Use	Direct
Flight Plan	VFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Exhaust Pipe
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Private
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 15 Flight Crew Total 5100 Flight Crew Type 150
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe

Narrative:

On a climbout; there was an unusual level of noise in the aircraft. After checking hatches etc; the aircraft turned back and made a precautionary landing at ZZZZ.on landing; it was found that an exhaust manifold pipe had dropped off and the resulting hot gases had burnt part of the engine cowling. The missing pipe was recovered intact from the local golf course.apparently this was a known problem with this exhaust configuration. An investigation is in progress.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: SR22 pilot reported that the exhaust manifold pipe fell off during climb.

Narrative: On a climbout; there was an unusual level of noise in the aircraft. After checking hatches etc; the aircraft turned back and made a precautionary landing at ZZZZ.On landing; it was found that an exhaust manifold pipe had dropped off and the resulting hot gases had burnt part of the engine cowling. The missing pipe was recovered intact from the local golf course.Apparently this was a known problem with this exhaust configuration. An investigation is in progress.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.