Service difficulty report · Nozzle · Piper PA28181

Difficulty date
December 6, 2022
Submitted
December 6, 2022
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N892DL
Make and model
Piper PA28181
Aircraft serial
28020041
Aircraft time
497 hours
Engine
Lyc IO360B4A
Engine time
497 hours
Part
Nozzle
Condition
Faulted
Location
Fuel Injector
Part time
497 hours
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
R
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

ON CLIMB OUT THE AIRPLANE LOST PARTIAL POWER AND HAD REDUCED RPM. THE PILOT MADE A SAFE LANDING WITHOUT INCIDENT. UPON EVALUATION OUR MAINTENANCE TEAM FOUND A ROUGH RUNNING ENGINE AND SUSPECTED THE #2 CYLINDER WAS NOT FIRING BASED ON THE CHT. AFTER CHECKING COMPRESSION, SPARK PLUGS AND LEADS WE FOUND A SMALL PIECE OF DEBRIS IN THE FUEL INJECTOR LINE ADJACENT TO THE FUEL INJECTOR NOZZLE. THE DEBRIS WAS REMOVED, FUEL LINE AND NOZZLE INSTALLED AND TORQUED TO MANUFACTURE’S SPECIFICATIONS AND SUBSEQUENT RUN UP WAS SMOOTH. IT HAS BEEN PERFORMING NORMALLY EVER SINCE.

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