Service difficulty report · Contact · Beech A36

Difficulty date
March 9, 2012
Submitted
May 4, 2012
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N2317S
Make and model
Beech A36
Aircraft serial
E3117
Engine
Cont IO550*
Part
Contact
Part number
M3081
Condition
Missing
Location
Magneto
Part time
10 hours
Component
Magneto · Slick
Component part number
6310
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
O
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

ENGINE WAS RUNNING ROUGH AND WHEN THE MAG SWITCH WAS MOVED TO THE RT MAGNETO POSITION, THE ENGINE WOULD STALL. PERFORMED RUN UP TO VERIFY DISCREPANCY. REMOVED MAG FROM ENGINE AND DISASSEMBLED FAR ENOUGH TO FIND THAT THE CONTACT ASSY PN M3081 HAD THE ARM CONTACT ASSY MISSING. (CONTACT POINT). FURTHER INSPECTION FOUND THE MISSING POINT AND REMOVED IT FROM MAGNETO. REASSEMBLED MAG WITH NEW CONTACT ASSY PN M3081 IAW CMM. PERFORMED ENGINE RUNS WITH NO DEFECTS NOTED. SUSPECT IMPROPER CRIMP OF THE CONTACT POINT TO THE ARM AT MFG.

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