Service difficulty report · Control Arm · Beech F33C

Difficulty date
January 28, 2010
Submitted
January 29, 2010
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N851K
Make and model
Beech F33C
Aircraft serial
CJ178
Aircraft time
4,704 hours
Engine
Lyc IO540AE1A5
Engine time
8 hours
Part
Control Arm
Condition
Binding
Location
Mixture Control
Part time
8 hours
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
Y, J
Precautionary procedure
D

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

What was found

AFTER LANDING ACFT, WAS TAXIING BACK TO PARKING AND ENGINE QUIT. TECH TROUBLESHOT SYS AND FOUND FUEL CONTROL UNIT MIXTURE CONTROL ARM WAS BINDING INTERNALLY ON THE THROTTLE SIDE OF UNIT.

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