What was found
CARBURETOR HAS BEEN UNRELIABLE AND HAS CAUSED VARIOUS PROBLEMS SUCH AS ROUGH RUNNING ENGINE, IDLE SPEED OSCILLATION AND ENGINE STOPPAGE. CORROSION WAS DISCOVERED AFTER DISSASEMBLY.
- Difficulty date
- August 23, 2013
- Submitted
- August 23, 2013
- Operation
- General aviation
- Aircraft
- N4402U
- Make and model
- Piper PA28181
- Aircraft serial
- 2843718
- Aircraft time
- 56 hours, 30 cycles
- Engine
- Lyc O360A4M
- Engine time
- 56 hours, 30 cycles
- Propeller
- Snsnch 76EM8
- System (JASC)
- 7322 · Fuel Control/Reciprocating Engines
- Part
- Carburetor
- Part number
- AV106102
- Part serial
- AV1702314
- Condition
- Corroded
- Location
- Zone 200
- Part time
- 56 hours, 56 cycles
- Stage of operation
- TX
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- R
- Precautionary procedure
- E, C
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.