# SDR 95ZZZX5103

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: August 30, 1995
- Submitted: March 26, 2000
- Operation: General aviation
- Aircraft: [N9560U](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9560U), registered now
- Make and model: Gulstm AA1C
- Aircraft serial: AA1C0057
- System (JASC): [7160 · Engine Air Intake System](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/7160)
- Part: Valve
- Condition: Broken
- Location: Carb Air Box
- Part time: 1,600 hours
- Stage of operation: IN
- Nature of condition: O
- Precautionary procedure: K
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/95ZZZX5103

## Discrepancy

CARBURETOR HEAT VALVE BROKEN AND PARTIALLY JAMMED.  SHAFT ROTATING NORMALLY.  NO HEAT GETTING TO CARBURETOR BRACKET.  FILTER NOT REPLACED SINCE 1991, OVER 400 HOURS.  SUBMITTER SUGGESTS NEOPRENE GASKET IS A POOR DESIGN FOR GRUMMAN AA-1C AIRBOX, VERY LITTLE OF THE GASKET IS SANDWICHED AT THE LOWER LIP.

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