SDR 97ZZZX574

Service difficulty report · Inject Pump · Piper PA28RT201T

Difficulty date
January 14, 1997
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N28MC
Make and model
Piper PA28RT201T
Aircraft serial
28R7931271
Engine
Cont TSIO360FB
Part
Inject Pump
Part number
6467582
Condition
Pin Detached
Location
Idle Cutoff
Stage of operation
CR
Nature of condition
Y
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

UPON REACHING AN ALT OF 4500 FEET, THE PILOT LEANED THE MIXTURE CONT. AT THE POINT OF ENG ROUGHNESS, HE ATTEMPTED TO ENRICHEN THE MIXTURE. THE MIXTURE WOULD NOT ADVANCE. IN THE PROCESS OF TRYING TO FREE THE MIXTURE, THE ENG QUIT, AND THE MIXTURE COULD NOT BE ADVANCED FROM THE IDLE CUT-OFF POSITION. PILOT MADE EMERG LANDING. THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT DAMAGED. THE ENG INSTALLED ON THIS ACFT UTILIZES A TCM P/N 646758-2 FUEL INJECT PUMP. THIS FUEL INJECTION PUMP INCORPORATES THE FUEL MIXTURE CONT AS AN INTEGRAL PART. AN INVEST OF THIS 'UNSCHEDULED LANDING' REVEALED THAT THE MIX CONT ARM MECH STOP (STEEL ROLL PIN) HAD LOOSENED AND MIGRATED OUT OF POSITION LOCKING THE MIXTURE CONT ARM IN THE IDLE CUTOFF POSIT.

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