SDR 95ZZZX1101

Service difficulty report · Distributor Gear · Cessna R182

Difficulty date
February 1, 1995
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N4949S
Make and model
Cessna R182
Aircraft serial
R18201488
Engine
Lyc O540J3C5
Part
Distributor Gear
Part number
10682016
Condition
Teeth Stripped
Location
Mag
Part time
157 hours
Component
Bendix · D6LN3000
Stage of operation
IN
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

ACFT WAS FLOWN ON THE PREVIOUS EVENING. NO PROBLEMS NOTED. NEXT MORNING, ACFT WOULD NOT START. AFTER TROUBLESHOOTING ACFT, FOUND MAGNETO PROBLEMS UPON DISASSEMBLY OF MAG. BOTH DISTRIBUTOR GEARS WERE SEVERELY DAMAGED (TEETH WERE STRIPPED FROM BOTH GEARS). A NEW MAG WAS INSTALLED AND NO OTHER PROBLEMS WERE ENCOUNTERED. ACFT WAS RELEASED FOR SERVICE.

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