Service difficulty report · Carburetor

Difficulty date
June 29, 2004
Submitted
July 2, 2004
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft time
15,403 hours
Engine
Cont O200A
Engine time
11,497 hours
Propeller
Mcauly 1A102OCM
Part
Carburetor
Part number
1048941
Part serial
BE0497
Condition
Broken
Location
Engine
Part time
1,214 hours
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
R, J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

AC ENTERED A POWER ON STALL, DURING RECOVERY THE ENGINE BEGAN LOOSING POWER. INSTRUCTOR TRIED TO MAINTAIN POWER BY MANEUVERING THROTTLE IN AND OUT BUT WAS ONLY ABLE TO MAINTAIN ABOUT 1100 RPM MAXIMUM CONTINUES. MECHANICS QUICKLY IDENTIFIED THE PROBLEM AS THE CARBURETOR. UPON REMOVAL AND EXTERNAL INSPECTION OF THE CARBURETOR, FOUND THE NOZZLE ASSEMBLY PIN 47-799 TO BE CRACKED, ABOUT HALF INCH FROM THE END OF THE NOZZLE AND JUST ABOUT ALL THE WAY AROUND. CARBURETOR WAS OVERHAULED ON 7/31/2002 WO NR M992180.