What was found
AIRCRAFT ON CLIMBOUT FROM AIRPORT, LOST ENGINE POWER AND CRASHED. INVESTIGATION CONCLUDED MAGNETO FAILED DUE TO FATIGUE CRACK IN HOUSING CAUSING MAGNETO HOUSING TO SEPARATE FROM ENGINE.
- Difficulty date
- September 25, 2001
- Submitted
- July 24, 2002
- Operation
- General aviation
- Aircraft
- N39945
- Make and model
- Piper PA32RT300T
- Aircraft serial
- 32R7887172
- Engine
- Lyc TIO540S1AD
- System (JASC)
- 7414 · Magneto/Distributor
- Part
- Magneto
- Part number
- BL68256013
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Engine
- Part time
- 17 hours
- Stage of operation
- CL
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- R, J
- Precautionary procedure
- O
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.