Service difficulty report · Tube · Piper PA25

Difficulty date
October 3, 2024
Submitted
October 3, 2024
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N8581A
Make and model
Piper PA25
Aircraft serial
28020159
Engine
Lyc IO360B4A
Part
Tube
Part number
LW120980170
Condition
Broken
Location
Engine
Part time
240 hours
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
R
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

ENGINE EXPERIENCED ROUGHNESS AND POWER REDUCTION DURING FLIGHT, BUT LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. INSPECTION FOUND THAT THE FUEL INJECTION LINE CONNECTING THE FLOW DIVIDER TO THE INJECTOR NOZZLE WAS BROKEN ON #1 CYLINDER. THE BREAK OCCURRED AT THE BRAZED/SOLDERED FERRULE FOR CONNECTION TO THE NOZZLE END OF THE LINE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DELIVERED NEW FROM THE FACTORY EIGHT MONTHS PRIOR TO FAILURE AND HAD ACCUMULATED 240 FLIGHT HOURS. THE LINE HAD NEVER BEEN REMOVED AND AD 2015- 19-07 FUEL LINE AND SUPPORT CLAMP INSPECTION AND ASSOCIATED LYCOMING SB 342 WERE COMPLIED WITH 18 HOURS PRIOR TO THE FAILURE.

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