Service difficulty report · Alt Air Door · Piper PA32300

Difficulty date
October 18, 2000
Submitted
December 1, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N2891U
Make and model
Piper PA32300
Aircraft serial
327940184
Aircraft time
8,056 hours
Engine
Lyc IO540K1G5
Part
Alt Air Door
Part number
3808016
Condition
Broken
Location
Engine
Part time
8,056 hours
Stage of operation
TO
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
R
Precautionary procedure
C

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

What was found

IMMEDIATELY AFTER THROTTLE UP FOR TAKEOFF, ENGINE LOST SIGNIFICANT POWER. PILOT TRIED TO RETARD THROTTLE TO ABORT, BUT LEVER WOULD ONLY GO ABOUT HALF WAY BACK. HE THEN SLIGHTLY ADVANCED THROTTLE AND THEN WAS ABLE TO PULL THROTTLE ALL THE WAY BACK TO IDLE POSITION. THE ENGINE DEVELOPED SUFFICIANT POWER TO TAXI BACK TO THE RAMP, BUT WAS RUNNING VERY ROUGH. INSPECTION OF THE INDUCTION SYSTEM REVEALED THAT BOTH ALTERNATE AIR DOOR DISCS HAD BROKEN AND LARGE PIECES INGESTED INTO THE ENGINE. ONE HAD LODGED IN THE FUEL SERVO RESTRICTING THE MOVEMENT OF THE AIR VALVE. SEVERAL PIECES MADE IT INTO THE CYLINDERS AND MELTED OVER THE BOTTOM SPARK PLUGS. THE DEBRIS WAS REMOVED, THE INDUCTION SYSTEM CLEANED.

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