Service difficulty report · Magneto · Piper PA23250

Difficulty date
November 15, 2006
Submitted
November 16, 2006
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N15FG
Make and model
Piper PA23250
Aircraft serial
277554112
Engine
Lyc IO540C4B5
Engine time
630 hours
Part
Magneto
Part number
6393
Part serial
03021709
Condition
Failed
Location
Engine
Part time
630 hours
Stage of operation
TX
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.

What was found

PILOT REPORTED THAT HE STARTED LT ENGINE AND THEN ATTEMPTED TO START RT ENGINE ON THE GROUND. RT ENGINE WOULD NOT FIRE. TROUBLESHOT AND TRACED PROBLEM TO LT MAGNETO OF RT ENGINE. REMOVED LT MAGNETO FROM ENGINE. UPON REMOVAL, LOOSE PARTS COULD BE HEARD INSIDE OF MAGNETO. MAGNETO WAS DISASSEMBLED. THE WEDGES HOLDING THE COIL IN PLACE WERE FOUND TO BE DISLODGED AND THE COIL HAD SHIFTED AND TAB WAS NOT MAKING CONTACT WITH DISTRIBUTOR BRUSH. MAGNETO WAS INSPECTED AND ALL OTHER PARTS WERE FOUND TO BE SERVICEABLE. A NEW COIL AND WEDGES WERE INSTALLED AND THE MAGNETO WAS REINSTALLED ON THE ENGINE AND OPERATED SATISFACTORILY. THIS MAGNETO WAS NEW AT ENGINE INSTALLATION 630 HOURS AGO AND HAD BEEN DISASSEMBLED AN

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