Service difficulty report · Linkage · Beech 3533

Difficulty date
November 4, 2002
Submitted
December 11, 2002
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N808ZA
Make and model
Beech 3533
Aircraft serial
CD202
Engine
Cont IO470*
Part
Linkage
Condition
Worn
Location
Throttle Body
Component
Throttle Body
Component part number
625487A6
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

WHILE TROUBLESHOOTING A ROUGH RUNNING ENGINE, FOLLOWING PROBLEMS WERE FOUND WITH THROTTLE BODY. LINKAGE FROM THROTTLE ATTACH ARM TO FUEL CONTROL UNIT WAS EXCESSIVELY WORN. PIN ON THROTTLE BODY SIDE OF LINKAGE HAS SEVERELY WORN, AND AREA AROUND HOLE FOR COTTER PIN WAS VERY THIN. HOLE IN THROTTLE BODY ARM (THAT RECEIVES THE PIN MENTIONED ABOVE) WAS ALSO WORN EXCESSIVELY. BRASS BUSHING WAS INSERTED BY PREVIOUS REPAIR. PIN HAD WORN THROUGH BUSHING AND WAS STARTING TO CUT INTO ARM. WHILE REMOVING THROTTLE BODY, FOUND MIXTURE CONTROL ATTACHED TO FUEL CONTROL UNIT WITH INCORRECT HARDWARE. IT WAS ATTACHED WITH A PLAIN NUT. THERE WAS NO SAFETY OF ANY KIND, AND NUT WAS LOOSE. MECH SPUN NUT OFF BY HAND.

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