Service difficulty report · Distributor Gear · Cessna 402C

Difficulty date
December 4, 2001
Submitted
December 27, 2001
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N402NQ
Make and model
Cessna 402C
Aircraft serial
402C0093
Engine
Cont TSIO520VB
Part
Distributor Gear
Part number
10357586
Condition
Broken
Location
Magneto
Component
Magneto · Cont
Component part number
106006561S6RN205
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
R
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

AT FIRST POWER REDUCTION AFTER TAKE OFF RIGHT ENGINE STARTED RUNNING ROUGH. PILOT SUSPECTED A MAGNETO AND ISOLATED PROBLEM TO THE RIGHT MAGNETO. PILOT RETURNED TO THE AIRPORT WITH RIGHT ENGINE RUNNING ON JUST THE LEFT MAGNETO. UPON REMOVAL AND DISASSEMBLY OF MAGNETO, THE DISTRIBUTOR GEAR WAS FOUND WITH BROKEN TEETH AND NOT TURNING, RESULTING IN THE MAGNETO FAILING TO FUNCTION, NO OTHER DEFECTS FOUND. DISASSEMBLED LEFT MAGNETO AND NO FAULTS FOUND, POINTS CHECKED GOOD AND NO ADJUSTMENTS NEEDED. NO REASON FOUND FOR FAILURE OF DISTRIBUTOR GEAR IN RIGHT MAGNETO.

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