Service difficulty report · Impulse Coupling

Difficulty date
July 14, 2018
Submitted
July 14, 2018
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N52076
Engine
Lyc IO360A1B6
Part
Impulse Coupling
Condition
Failed
Location
Magneto
Part time
281 hours
Component
Magneto · Slick
Component part number
4373
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B, R
Precautionary procedure
C

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

What was found

MODEL 4373 IMPULSE COUPLED LEFT MAGNETO, SN 160100111, SUFFERED CATASTROPHIC INTERNAL FAILURE WHEN PLASTIC PN 510406 ROTOR MELTED AND BURNED OFF ROTOR ARM. FURTHER DISASSEMBLY OF IMPULSE COUPLING SHOWED VERY LOOSE RIVETS AND DOGS SHIFTING OUTWARD AND UPWARD ON THE PIN RIVETS, WHICH 'MAY' HAVE BEEN CONTRIBUTORY TO THE ROTOR FAILURE. SEE PICTURES. THIS UNIT HAS 281 HOURS SINCE NEW. IMPULSE COUPLING DISK ASSY MARKED M3529. THIS UNIT FALLS OUT OF THE SB1-15 AND IT APPEARS MANUFACTURER HAS NOT REMEDIED THIS TROUBLESOME PROBLEM.