Service difficulty report · Muffler · Piper PA44180

Difficulty date
March 13, 2024
Submitted
October 16, 2024
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N278AG
Make and model
Piper PA44180
Aircraft serial
4496506
Aircraft time
1,288 hours
Engine
Lyc O360A1H6
Engine time
1,288 hours
Part
Muffler
Part number
86299008
Condition
Cracked
Location
Right Engine
Part time
1,288 hours
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

R/H ENGINE DOES NOT DEVELOP FULL POWER. REMOVED DISASSEMBLED AND INSPECTED R/H AND L/H MAGNETOS PN: 4330, SN: 19121021 AND PN: 4330, SN: 19110026. FOUND POINTS AND ROTORS IN BOTH L/H AND R/H MAGNETOS TO HAVE EXCESSIVE WEAR AND SIGNS OF ARCING. INSTALLED NEW L/H AND R/H MAGNETOS PN: 4330, SN: 22070725, PN: 4330, SN: 22070723. PERFORMED MAGNETO TO ENGINE TIMING. PERFORMED GROUND RUN MAGNETO DROP CHECKS, NO DEFECTS NOTED. PERFORMED FULL STATIC RPM CHECK AND RPM IS STILL 150 RPM LOW. PERFORMED R/H ENGINE CYLINDER COMPRESSION CHECK, COMPRESSIONS AS FOLLOW #1 78/80 #2 75/80 #3 78/80 #4 78/80, NO DEFECTS NOTED. TESTED IGNITION LEADS, NO DEFECTS NOTED. REMOVED AND TESTED SPARK PLUGS, NO DEFECTS NOTED. RE-INSTALLED SPARK PLUGS AND IGNITION LEADS. REMOVED AND INSPECTED R/H ENGINE DRIVEN FUEL PUMP, NO DEFECTS NOTED. RE-INSTALLED R/H ENGINE DRIVEN FUEL PUMP WITH NEW GASKET PN: SL60096. REMOVED AND INSPECTED R/H ENGINE CARBURETOR AND AIRBOX, NO DEFECTS NOTED. RE-INSTALLED CARBURETOR AND AIRBOX WITH NEW GASKET PN: 77154. REMOVED INSPECTED R/H ENGINE FORWARD EXHAUST ASSEMBLY AND FOUND INTERIOR BAFFLES BROKEN. REMOVED AND REPLACED FORWARD EXHAUST MUFFLER WITH NEW PN: A86299-008 REINSTALLED USING P/N:77611 EXHAUST GASKET (X2). RE-INSTALLED R/H ENGINE FORWARD EXHAUST ASSEMBLIES. PERFORMED ENGINE GROUND RUN AND FULL STATIC RPM CHECK, NO DEFECTS NOTED. R/H ENGINE DEVELOPS FULL STATIC POWER, R/H ENGINE OPERATION FOUND TO BE SATISFACTORY AT THIS TIME. ALL WORK ACCOMPLISHED IAW PIPER PA 44-180 MM CHAPTER'S 71, 73, 74, AND 78.

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