Service difficulty report · Magneto · Cessna 172R

Difficulty date
May 5, 2015
Submitted
May 11, 2015
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N175AF
Make and model
Cessna 172R
Aircraft serial
17281175
Engine
Lyc IO360L2A
Propeller
Mcauly 1C235LFA
Part
Magneto
Part number
4371
Part serial
15011241
Condition
Out Of Alignment
Location
Engine
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
E
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

REPLACED RT MAGNETO WITH O/H UNIT FROM O/H SHOP, MODEL 4371, SN 15011241. TIMED MAGNETO TO ENGINE PERFORMED GROUND RUN OPS CHECK GOOD ON GROUND, RELEASED AIRPLANE FOR SERVICE. DURING THE FIRST FLIGHT THE ENGINE RAN ROUGH ON CLIMB, PILOT RETURNED TO AIRPORT. REMOVED RT MAGNETO AND FOUND THAT IT WAS NOT INTERNALLY TIMED CORRECTLY FROM O/H SHOP. RE-INTERNALLY TIMED MAGNETO, RETIMED MAGNETO TO ENGINE, PERFORMED GROUND RUN UP OPERATIONS, CHECKED GOOD. RELEASED ACFT TO SERVICE.

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