Service difficulty report · Servo · Cessna 172S

Difficulty date
June 25, 2000
Submitted
July 14, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N567JW
Make and model
Cessna 172S
Aircraft serial
172S8187
Engine
Lyc O360*
Part
Servo
Part number
RSA5AD1
Condition
Vapor Lock
Location
Fuel Eng
Part time
590 hours
Stage of operation
TO
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
Y
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

ACFT WAS ON NIGHT FLIGHT AND COMPLETED 5 LANDINGS. FULL STOP ON RUNWAY, THEN TAKING OFF. ON THE 6TH LANDING WHEN THROTTLE WAS RETARDED OVER THE RUNWAY THRESHOLD, ALTERNATOR LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND ON ROLL-OUT, ENGINE QUIT. ATTEMPTS WERE MADE TO RESTART, BUT WOULD NOT RESTART. ACFT TOWED TO PARKING. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED AND STARTED ENG WITH NO DIFFICULTIES. ALL OPERATING PERIMETERS NORMAL, IDLE SPEED, AND MIXTURE STRENGTH NORMAL. UPON RETURN HOME, ACFT DIVERTED FOR 1 HR DUE TO THUNDERSTORMS, THEN TOOK OFF, RETURNED HOME. UPON ARRIVAL, ENG IDLE WAS ROUGH, IDLE SPEED ERRATIC. ENG SHUT DOWN, RESTART ATTEMPTED, VAPOR LOCKED. RESTARTED END, NO DIFFICULTIES. FUEL SERVO SENT TO CESSNA FOR EXAMINATION. (X)

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