Service difficulty report · Magneto · Piper PA28R201

Difficulty date
August 21, 2015
Submitted
September 4, 2015
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N125MT
Make and model
Piper PA28R201
Aircraft serial
2844093
Aircraft time
5,882 hours
Engine
Lyc IO360C1C6
Engine time
2,839 hours
Part
Magneto
Part number
4372
Part serial
14070847
Condition
Inoperative
Location
Engine
Part time
406 hours
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

THE ACFT WOULD NOT START OR EVEN HIT DESPITE MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS. WHEN THE TIMING WAS CHECKED IT WAS FOUND THAT THE IMPULSE COUPLING WOULD RELEASE AT VARYING TIMES. THIS ACFT ONLY HAS ONE IMPULSE COUPLED MAGNETO. THIS MAGNETO HAS BEEN RETURNED FOR WARRANTY.

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