What was found
AFTER 10-30 HOURS OF AIRCRAFT OPERATION FLUX VALVE IS FAILING. SUSPECT THE PROBLEM IS VIBRATION RELATED. NEED TO REPLACE HORIZONTAL STABILIZER IF PROBLEM CANNOT BE ISOLATED.
- Difficulty date
- December 14, 2001
- Submitted
- December 28, 2001
- Operation
- General aviation
- Aircraft
- N164ST
- Make and model
- Piper PA46500TP
- Aircraft serial
- 4697064
- Engine
- Pwa PT6*
- System (JASC)
- 3422 · Directional Gyro and Indicating System
- Part
- Flux Detector
- Part number
- 6446
- Part serial
- 7001
- Condition
- Failed
- Location
- Directional Sys
- Stage of operation
- NR
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- O
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.