Service difficulty report · Screw · Wthrly 620B

Difficulty date
September 1, 1999
Submitted
September 25, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N9025D
Make and model
Wthrly 620B
Aircraft serial
1618
Engine
Pwa R985AN1
Part
Screw
Part number
P13773
Condition
Loose
Location
Carburetor
Component
Carburetor · Bendix
Component part number
NAR9819
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

CARBURETOR FLOAT FULCRUM SCREW VIBRATED LOOSE CAUSING FLOAT TO STICK. AIRCRAFT ENGINE BEGAN RUNNING ROUGH. AIRCRAFT SUCCESSFULLY RETURNED TO FIELD. FULCRUM SCREW BRASS THREADS WERE FOUND WORN CAUSING SCREW3 TO COME LOOSE. AIRCRAFT WAS NEW ON 12-6-96 AND NO RECORD OF PREVIOUS MAINTENANCE WAS FOUND IN RECORDS. SUBMITTER SUSPECTED SCREW WAS NOT PROPERLY INSTALLED AT MANUFACTURER, SUGGESTED AN AD OR SA1B BE ISSUED TO INSPECT FULCRUM SCREW FOR A PROPER INSTALLATION. (X)