FAA incident reports · 1
FAA accident and incident reports matched to this aircraft by N3582X and the event date: up to this one’s cancellation.
Service difficulty reports · 9
Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model.
SDR 97ZZZX3415Rocker Box Tab · wornROCKER PIN RETAINING TAB ON COVER WORN EXCESSIVELY. THIS ENGINE HAS 180 HOURS TSOH!SDR 96ZZZX4310Light · contact burnsELECTRICAL CONTACT BUTTON FOR LAMP CENTER ELECTRODE IS INADEQUATE TO SUPPORT HIGH HEAT GENERATED BY HIGH AMPERAGE FLOW THROUGH LAMP. CONTACT BUTTON BURNS AWAY REQUIRING REPLACEMENT OF (EXPENSIVE) LIGHT BASE ASSEMBLY. MULTIPLE FLEET FAILURES.SDR 96ZZZX3091Valve · nut looseTHE END RETAINING NUT ON THE VERNATHERM IS LOOSE. LYCOMING SB 518C DOES NOT APPLY TO THIS PART NUMBERED VERNATHERM.SDR 96ZZZX3088Valve · wornINSPECTION FOUND THE CENTER SPRING ASSY RETAINING CLIP LOOSE ON THE VERNATHERM BODY.SDR 96ZZZX854Starter · burnedADDENDUM TO SDR DATED 1-4-96. RT ENGINE STARTER MOTOR FIELD WINDINGS FAILED, APPARENTLY WHILE STARTER ENGAGED TO CRANK THE ENG RESULTING IN A SHORT-TO-GROUND OF STARTER POWER CIRCUIT. PILOT HAD NO INDICATIONS OF TROUBLE, AND ENG STARTED NORMALLY AND CONTINUESDR 96ZZZX364Bolt · looseBOLTS THAT SECURE TURBO MOUNT TRUSS TO ENGINE MOUNT PYLONS CONTINUALLY WORK LOOSE. NUTS CHATTER ON THREADS AND WEAR TO A POINT WHERE RE-TORQUING IS NOT POSSIBLE. MAIN PROBLEM IS STEEL BOSS ON TURBO MOUNT EATING INTO ALUMINUM MOUNT PYLON. SUBMITTER SUGGESTS SDR 96ZZZX4238Valve · crimp nut looseDURIGN INSPECTION PER LYCOMING SB 518C, CRIMP NUT FOUND LOOSE ON SHAFT. NOTE THAT SERIAL NUMBER OF THIS UNIT IS BEYOND RANGE OF SERVICE BULLETIN AND THEORETICALLY, HAS BEEN REDESIGNED TO ELIMINATE THIS PROBLEM.SDR 95ZZZX6055Valve · loose crimp nutVERNATHERM VALVE WAS REMOVED FROM ENGINE, RETAINING NUT WAS FOUND LOOSE. THIS VERNATHERM DID NOT APPLY TO SB 518C BY SERIAL NUMBER. IT WAS INSPECTED DUE TO PREVIOUS REPORTS OF VERNATHERM FAILURES WHICH MET SB 518C CRITERIA. SUBMITTER STATED POOR DESIGN, RE-SDR 95ZZZX688Vernatherm Valve · defectiveVERNATHERM VALVE DOES NOT MOVE UNTIL OIL TEMPERATURE REACHES 235 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT. RED-LINE IS 245 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT.