Service difficulty report · Carburetor · Cessna 172N

Difficulty date
April 4, 2000
Submitted
June 22, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N6212G
Make and model
Cessna 172N
Aircraft serial
17273579
Engine
Lyc O320H2AD
Part
Carburetor
Part number
MA4SPA
Part serial
75075813
Condition
Separated
Part time
764 hours
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
W, R
Precautionary procedure
O

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

AIRCRAFT ENGINE RAN ROUGH DURING FLIGHT. WAS UNABLE TO SHUT ENGINE DOWN USING MIXTURE CONTROL. FOUND CARBURETOR BOWL SEPARATING FROM CARBURETOR BODY. ALL SCREWS WERE SECURED BY SAFETY TABS AND FACTORY TORQUE SEAL, BUT SCREWS WERE LOOSE. SUBMITTER SUSPECTED IMPROPER TORQUE OF SCREWS DURING OVERHAUL. CARBURETOR REPLACED W ITH OVERHAULED UNIT. FUNCTIONS NORMAL. (X)

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