Service difficulty report · Fuel Control · Beech F33A

Difficulty date
April 28, 2011
Submitted
April 28, 2011
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N8251C
Make and model
Beech F33A
Aircraft serial
CE1543
Aircraft time
20,993 hours
Engine
Cont IO520BB
Engine time
395 hours
Propeller
Hartzl PHCC3YF1
Part
Fuel Control
Part number
R6299042A11
Part serial
A09HA164R
Condition
Failed
Location
Engine
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
R
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, ON TROUBLESHOOTING, MECHANIC FOUND THE MIXTURE LEVER ON THE THROTTLE SIDE HAS A ROUGH SPOT IN IT. FUEL METERING UNIT WAS REPLACED WITH A REPAIRED UNIT, UPON TRIMMING THE ENGINE, THE MECHANIC NOTICED THE ENGINE WAS STILL RUNNING ROUGH AT IDLE AND HAD A HESITATION WHEN ADVANCING THROTTLE FROM 1700 RPM TO FULL POWER. REMOVED FUEL METERING VALVE AND FOUND THE ARM ON THE THROTTLE SIDE HAD A ROUGH SPOT ON IT ALSO. PROBABLE CAUSE UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME. NO RECOMMENDATIONS AT THIS TIME.

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