What was found
PILOTS EXPERIENCED ENGINE ROUGHNESS IN AIR. UPON LANDING, MAINTENANCE FOUND MAGNETO WAS DIFFICULT TO SPIN AND CLUNKY IN IT'S ROTATION, INDICITIVE OF BEARING FAILURE.
- Difficulty date
- July 3, 2024
- Submitted
- July 12, 2024
- Operation
- General aviation
- Filed by
- 8HBR698C
Hillsboro Aero Academy LLC - Aircraft
- N508AD
- Make and model
- Robsin R22BETA
- Aircraft serial
- 3290
- Aircraft time
- 9,180 hours
- Engine
- Lyc O360J2A
- Engine time
- 2,697 hours
- System (JASC)
- 7414 · Magneto/Distributor
- Part
- Bearing
- Part number
- 1081806
- Condition
- Broken
- Location
- Magneto
- Component
- Magneto · Bendix · S4LSC200
- Component part number
- 106006141
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- V
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
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