Service difficulty report · Condenser · Cessna 177B

Difficulty date
July 11, 2000
Submitted
October 19, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N34194
Make and model
Cessna 177B
Aircraft serial
17701692
Engine
Lyc O360A1F6
Part
Condenser
Part number
ES10349276
Part serial
9915
Condition
Inoperative
Location
Magneto
Part time
1 hours
Component
Magneto · Bendix
Component part number
103493051
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
Y
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

THE AIRCRAFT MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A FIELD AFTER A LOSS OF ENGINE POWER. INSPECTION BY A MECHANIC REVEALED THE POINTS WERE BURNED AND THE CONDENSER WERE PART OF A NEWLY INSTALLED FACTORY REMANUFACTURED MAGNETO. THE POINTS AND CONDENSER WERE REPLACED, AND THE MAGNETO REINSTALLED AND RETURNED TO ENGINE. ENGINE PERFORMED SATISFACTORILY. (X)

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