Service difficulty report · Fuel Line · Cessna 172S

Difficulty date
March 22, 2019
Submitted
April 15, 2019
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N1419D
Make and model
Cessna 172S
Aircraft serial
172S10671
Aircraft time
6,309 hours
Engine
Lyc IO360L2A
Engine time
12,164 hours
Part
Fuel Line
Part number
LW120980182
Condition
Cracked
Location
Engine
Part time
429 hours
Component
Engine · Lyc · IO360L2A
Component part number
IO360L2A
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
E
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

DURING NORMAL CRUISE FLIGHT PILOT REPORTED ROUGH RUNNING ENGINE AND ASSUMED A SPARK PLUG HAD FAILED. MAINTENANCE INSPECTION DETERMINED THE NR 1 ENGINE CYLINDER, FUEL INJECTOR NOZZLE FAILED. THE INJECTOR LINE FAILED AT THE BRAZED PORTION CLOSEST TO THE FUEL NOZZLE. NO FIRE WAS REPORTED. THESE FUEL INJECTOR LINES ARE SUBJECT TO REPETITIVE INSPECTION REQUIRED BY AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE AD 2015-19-07. THIS LINE HAD BEEN INSPECTED WITH SATISFACTORY RESULTS 27.6 FLIGHT HOURS PRIOR TO FAILURE. THE FAILED LINE HAD 429 HOURS TIME IN SERVICE (TIME SINCE NEW)

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