What was found
THE AIRCRAFT WOULD NOT START. TROUBLESHOT THE SYSTEM AND FOUND THE MAGNETO IMPULSE COUPLING HAD BROKEN AND THAT THE PROP WOULD NO LONGER TURN THE ACCESSORY GEARS ON THE BACK OF THE ENGINE.
- Difficulty date
- April 11, 2018
- Submitted
- April 27, 2018
- Operation
- General aviation
- Aircraft
- N4075R
- Make and model
- Piper PA32300
- Aircraft serial
- 3240387
- Engine
- Lyc IO540K1A5
- System (JASC)
- 7414 · Magneto/Distributor
- Part
- Impulse Coupling
- Part number
- M3333
- Condition
- Broken
- Location
- Magneto
- Part time
- 160 hours
- Component
- Magneto · Champ · 6351
- Component part number
- 6351
- Stage of operation
- TX
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- O
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.