Service difficulty report · Fuel Divider · Cirrus SR20

Difficulty date
May 1, 2023
Submitted
May 1, 2023
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N163CD
Make and model
Cirrus SR20
Aircraft serial
1067
Aircraft time
2,061 hours
Engine
Cont IO360ES
Engine time
1,505 hours
Propeller
Hartzl BHCJ2YF1
Part
Fuel Divider
Part number
64650810A6
Part serial
C03EA334R
Condition
Inoperative
Part time
136 hours
Component
Engine · Cont · IO360ES
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
C
Nature of condition
Y
Precautionary procedure
D

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

What was found

PILOT COMPLETED A SATISFACTORY ENGINE RUN. CLIMBING OUT, ENGINE STARTS TO RUN ROUGH. PILOT NOTICES FUEL DROPLETS ON WINDSCREEN. ENGINE QUITS WHILE THROTTLE IS FULL POWER AND MIXTURE IS FULL RICH. PILOT CIRCLES BACK, DECLARES EMERGENCY AND SAFELY LANDS AIRCRAFT. (KOSU). TECHNICIAN TROUBLESHOOTING REVEALED A RESTRICTION IN THE ENGINE FUEL FLOW DIVIDER AS WELL AS FUEL FLOWING FROM THE LOWER COWLING GANG DRAIN. TECHNICIANS REMOVED AND REPLACED THE FUEL FLOW DIVIDER, COMPLETED FUEL SYSTEM ADJUSTMENTS. ENGINE RUN PERFORMED SATISFACTORY AND NO FUEL WAS EVIDENT FROM THE GANG DRAIN. FLIGHT OUT OF MAINTENANCE WAS SATISFACTORY AND NO ENGINE ISSUES WERE NOTED.

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