Service difficulty report · Engine · Diamon DA40NG

Difficulty date
August 18, 2023
Submitted
August 18, 2023
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N403BL
Make and model
Diamon DA40NG
Aircraft serial
40NC054
Aircraft time
2,509 hours
Engine
Austro E4
Engine time
662 hours
Part
Engine
Part number
E4A
Part serial
E4A06152
Condition
Mismanufactured
Part time
662 hours
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
E, R, P
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

REPEATED ENGINE ROUGHNESS ISSUES - (1) ENGINE ROUGHNESS W/ OSCILLATING RPM AND VERY AGGRESSIVE JOLTING AT 75% CRUISE POWER. ANY POWER ABOVE 75% STARTING JOLTING AGGRESSIVELY AGAIN. (2) ENGINE ROUGHNESS AT 2,000FT. RPM WENT INTO THE RED, PULLED POWER BACK. WENT TO ADD POWER BACK IN AT FULL THROTTLE WOULD ONLY GET UP TO 1760 RPM. COULD NO LONGER CLIMB BUT COULD MAINTAIN ALTITUDE. (3) RPM OVERSPEED WITH LOAD DROP WHILE LEVEL @F2,600' MSL. FOLLOWED BY RPM FLUCTUATIONS. (4) ENGINE ROUGHNESS WHILE IN CRUISE

More about the Diamon DA 40 NG