Service difficulty report · Points

Difficulty date
July 22, 2012
Submitted
July 22, 2012
Operation
General aviation
Part
Points
Part number
M3081
Condition
Mismanufactured
Location
Magneto
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
W
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

OVER THE LAST 6 MONTHS, HAD MANY CASES OF ENGINE ROUGHNESS, HIGH RPM MAGNETO DROPS, DEAD MAGNETOS. TROUBLESHOOTING SQUAWKS AND INSPECTION OF THESE MAGNETOS AT 500 HR INSPECTIONS, HAVE NOTICED INCORRECTLY MFG POINTS CAUSING MISFIRING DUE TO LARGE GAPS BETWEEN POINTS AND EVEN HAVING THE POINTS FALLING OUT OF THE ASSEMBLIES THEMSELVES IN SOME CASES LESS THAN 25 HRS TIME IN SERVICE. INSPECTED INVENTORY AND FOUND THAT THE POINTS ARE AS FOLLOWS: ONE SET OF POINTS DATED 09/22/2011 REJECTED, TWO SETS DATED 11/15/2011 REJECTED, TWO SETS OF POINTS DATED 11/17/2011 REJECTED, FIFTEEN SETS OF POINTS DATED 1/02/2012 REJECTED,