SDR 96ZZZX685

Service difficulty report · Adapter · Conaer LA4250

Difficulty date
January 15, 1996
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N8435H
Make and model
Conaer LA4250
Aircraft serial
102
Engine
Lyc IO540C4B5
Part
Adapter
Part number
LW12707
Condition
Wrong Part
Location
Lt Eng Mag
Part time
900 hours
Stage of operation
IN
Nature of condition
W
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

THE MAG ADAPTER INSTALLED WAS THE WRONG P/N LW-12706 WHICH IS THINNER. WHEN A NEW MAG WAS INSTALLED TO REPLACE THE OLD MAG (WHICH WAS REMOVED DUE TO A BAD BEARING AND RACE), THE NEW MAG BEARINGS LASTED ABOUT 2 MINUTES. INVESTIGATION FOUND THE WRONG PART NUMBERED ADAPTER. THE MAGS HAD NEVER BEEN REMOVED FROM THE ENGINE SINCE FACTORY NEW. SUBMITTER STATED THIS LEADS ONE TO BELIEVE THE WRONG PART NUMBER WAS ORIGINALLY INSTALLED AT THE FACTORY ON THIS LEFT SIDE. THE RT SIDE HAD THE CORRECT PART. ALSO, THIS BRINGS TO ATTENTION THE LACK OF MAINTENANCE TO THE MAGS, I.E., 500-HOUR INSPECTION.