# SDR AU960317

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: March 10, 1996
- Submitted: March 26, 2000
- Operation: General aviation
- Make and model: Beech 58
- Registry model: [Beech 58](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-58) (OpenAirDocs)
- Engine: Cont IO520C
- System (JASC): [7414 · Magneto/Distributor](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/7414)
- Part: Spring
- Part number: 104001667
- Condition: Broken
- Location: Lt Eng Mag
- Component: Bendix, 103493505
- Stage of operation: IN
- Nature of condition: O
- Precautionary procedure: K
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AU960317

## Discrepancy

(AUS) LH ENGINE LH MAGNETO IMPULSE COUPLING SPRING BROKEN - ENGINE HAD NOT OPERATED FOR APPROXIMATELY 8 MONTHS WHILE AIRCRAFT WAS WAITING FOR FITMENT OF THE RH ENGINE - ENGINE WAS GROUND RUN ON AWEEKLY BASIS - SUSPECT CORROSION AS CAUSE OF FAILURE

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