# Incident 19971019038609I: October 19, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 19, 1997
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Aircraft: NONE (not matched to a registry record)
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971019038609I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

NARRATIVE: AFTER DISASSEMBLY OF THE AIRCRAFT CARBURETOR IT WAS OBSERVED THAT THE FLOAT ATTACHMENT BRACKET WAS DETACHED AND SEPARATED FROM THE CARBURETOR IT WAS OBSERVED THAT THE FLOAT ATTACHMENT BRACKET WAS DETACHED AND SEPARATED FROM THE CARBURETOR BOWL ASSEMBLY. RESEARCHING AIRCRAFT RECORDS A SERVICE BULLETIN MSA-5 CARBURETOR FLOAT KIT #666-916 ISSUED BY PRECISION AIRMOTIVE CORPORATION WAS FOUND TO HAVE BEEN INSTALLED BY AVIATION PROFESSIONALS, INC. REPAIR STATION #YAPR864K CARLSBAD, CA. ON MAY 7, 1996. THE CARBURETOR FLOAT ATTACHMENT BRACKET HAD IMPROPER HARDWARE USED TO ATTACH THE BRACKET TO THE CARBURETOR BOWL ASSEMBLY, TAP SCREWS WERE USED INSTEAD OF THE RECOMMENDED SET SCREWS P/N 15-A21 PER INSTALLATION INSTRUCTION STRIPPING THE ATTACHMENT BRACKET ASSEMBLIES ATTACHMENT HOLES, ALSO OBSERVED WHAT APPEARED TO BE BLUE LOCK-TITE ON THE TAP SCREWS. THE LAST LOG BOOK ENTRY INVOLVING ANY CARBURETOR WORK WAS DONE BY AVIATION PROFESSIONALS, INC. AS OF JUNE 6, 1996, AVIATION PROFESSIONALS SURRENDERED THEIR CERTIFICATE, THEREFORE NO FURTHER ENFORCEMENT ACTION ANTICIPATED. THIS ACCIDENT IS CLOSED.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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