Service difficulty report · Pump · Amtr VANSRV4

Difficulty date
July 7, 2006
Submitted
July 7, 2006
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N342MG
Make and model
Amtr VANSRV4
Aircraft serial
1863
Aircraft time
35 hours
Engine
Lyc IO360A1A
Engine time
19 hours
Propeller
Hartzl HCM2YR
Part
Pump
Part number
15473
Part serial
DATECODE2505
Condition
Faulty
Location
Fuel Sys
Part time
19 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

T/O ROLL OK, ENG STARTED LOSING PWR JUST AFTER T/O AT APROX 150 FT, DETECTED A SLIGHT MISS OR LOSS OF PWR, MADE A SHARP LT TURN , ENG CONTINUED TO LOSE PWR, SWITCHED ON BOST PUMP AT THIS TIME, ENG SEEMED TO RESPOND FOR A SECOND, BUT CONTINUED TO LOSE PWR, MADE ANOTHER LT, LANDED, PULLED AC BACK TO HANGER. AC HAS VISION VM1000 INSTRUMENT. CKD LAST FLT READINGS, FUEL PRES LOW 18 PSI, HIGH OF 29 PSI. RESTARTED ENG, IDLE WAS OK, FUEL PRESS WAS JUMPING FROM 20 TO 31 PSI. PWR WAS INCREASED TO FULL PWR, HELD APROX 30 SECONDS, ENG STARTED LOSING PWR, BOOST PUMP ON NO CHANGE. TURNED BOOST PUMP OFF, WATCHED FUEL PRESS, IT WAS JUMPING FROM 19 TO 31 PSI THEN DOWN TO 23. BYPASSED ENG DRIVEN PUMP AND ENG RAN, HELD PWR.