SDR 97ZZZX3089

Service difficulty report · Throtle Body · Gulstm AA5B

Difficulty date
June 3, 1997
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N28339
Make and model
Gulstm AA5B
Aircraft serial
AA5B0870
Engine
Lyc O360A4K
Part
Throtle Body
Condition
Stuck Open
Location
Engine
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

THROTTLE STUCK OPEN. GAINED ACCESS TO AIRCRAFT ENGINE THROTTLE BODY BY REMOVING RT AND LT TOP ENGINE COWLINGS AND LOWER ENGINE COWL. RAN THROTTLE THROUGH AND SAW THROTTLE ARM LOOSE AND SLIPPING ON CARBURETOR. REMOVED AND INSPECTED ARM SERRATIONS AND CARBURETOR SERRATIONS, NOTED NO DEFECTS. RE-INSTALLED ARM. DISCONNECTED THROTTLE CABLE ROD END AND LUBED THROTTLE CABLE. RE-INSTALLED ROD END ON CABLE.