Service difficulty report · Rotor · Diamon DA20C1

Difficulty date
July 27, 2009
Submitted
August 14, 2009
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N641DC
Make and model
Diamon DA20C1
Aircraft serial
C0141
Engine
Cont IO240B
Part
Rotor
Part number
M3073
Condition
Broken
Location
Magneto
Part time
705 hours
Component
Magneto
Component part number
4309
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
9
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

ACFT GROUNDED DUE TO ROUGH RUNNING ENG, THE RT MAGNETO HAD 200 RPM DROP. RT MAGNETO TIMING WAS FOUND TO BE 10-12 DEGREES RETARDED. DISASSEMBLY OF MAGNETO REVEALED THAT ROTOR WAS FRACTURED IN 2 PIECES BETWEEN THE MAGNET AND LWR BRG. THE UNEVENESS OF THE FRACTURE ALLOWED THE 2 PARTS OF THE ROTOR SHAFT TO STAY ALIGNED WITH SOME PLAY. THIS MAGNETO WAS TORN DOWN AND INSPECTED DUE TO PROP STRIKE 245 HOURS AGO AND THE MAGNETO PARTS WERE FOUND TO BE AIRWORTHY. (K)

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