Service difficulty report · Servo · Cessna 172S

Difficulty date
August 12, 2025
Submitted
September 1, 2025
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N569RJ
Make and model
Cessna 172S
Aircraft serial
172S8896
Aircraft time
12,673 hours
Part
Servo
Part number
61J26428
Part serial
AV55543013
Condition
Contaminated
Location
Fuel Sys
Part time
339 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

MOMENTARY ENGINE ROUGHNESS/VIBRATION/ LOSS OF POWER. PILOT REPORTED:"IN THE UPWIND ON FIRST LAP IN THE PATTERN ENGINE RPM DROPPED SIGNIFICANTLY WHILE ENGINE SPUTTERED, SEEMED TO STABILIZE WITH AUX FUEL PUMP ON, DID NOT FEEL LIKE WE WERE GETTING FUEL POWER LANDED IMMEDIATELY" FUEL SERVO REPLACED.

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