Service difficulty report · Bearing · Beech 58

Difficulty date
April 16, 2013
Submitted
April 17, 2013
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N878CA
Make and model
Beech 58
Aircraft serial
TH1728
Aircraft time
9,141 hours
Engine
Cont IO550C
Engine time
646 hours
Propeller
Mcauly 3AF32C512
Part
Bearing
Part number
K3320
Condition
Seized
Location
Left Magneto
Part time
646 hours
Component
Magneto · Slick · 6310
Component part number
6310
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

DURING ENGINE START PROCEDURE, RT ENGINE WOULD NOT START. INSPECTION OF RT ENGINE MAGNETOS, THE LT MAGNETO WAS FOUND TO BE HARD TO ROTATE DUE TO DRIVE END BEARING FAILURE. NO OTHER DAMAGE WAS FOUND WITH MAGNETO. STIFF / FROZEN BEARING WAS CAUSING IMPULSE COUPLING TO BE INEFFECTIVE. A NEW MAGNETO WAS INSTALLED AND ACFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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