- Difficulty date
- November 27, 2007
- Submitted
- December 4, 2007
- Operation
- General aviation
- Aircraft
- N1473T
- Make and model
- Piper PA28R200
- Aircraft serial
- 28R7235300
- Engine
- Lyc IO360C1C
- Part
- Booster
- Part number
- 06058002
- Condition
- Shorted
- Location
- Magneto
- Stage of operation
- NR
- How discovered
- 9
- Nature of condition
- O
- 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 ROUGH ENGINE; IGNITION SYSTEM TROUBLESHOOT FOUND START MAGNETO STARTER BOOSTER INTERNALLY SHORTED, GROUNDING MAGNETO P-LEAD CAUSING MAGNETO FAILURE. REMEDIED BY REMOVING START FROM AIRCRAFT AND MAGNETO OPERATING NORMALLY. (K)