SDR 97ZZZX4148

Service difficulty report · Impulse Spring · Piper PA28180

Difficulty date
September 8, 1997
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Filed by
QKKR724L
ARN-Air
Aircraft
N7853N
Make and model
Piper PA28180
Aircraft serial
285310
Engine
Lyc O360A4A
Part
Impulse Spring
Part number
1051324
Condition
Broken
Location
Magneto
Part time
11 hours
Component
105136045
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

MAGNETO IMPULSE SPRING FOUND BROKEN INTO 3 PARTS. PART WAS INSTALLED 10-20-94, AND USED 11 HOURS TOTAL. SUBMITTER SUSPECTS CORROSION ON PART STARTED PROBLEM. SUSPECT MATERIAL MAY BE ANOTHER PROBLEM. FACTORY CHANGED APPEARANCE OF PART IN EARLY '94. AS OF THIS TIME, ANOTHER CHANGE IN APPEARANCE OCCURRED THIS YEAR.

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