Service difficulty report · Fuel Nozzle · Piper PA31350

Difficulty date
August 20, 2009
Submitted
September 2, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N3547C
Make and model
Piper PA31350
Aircraft serial
8052018
Aircraft time
16,807 hours
Engine
Lyc LTIO540J2BD
Engine time
700 hours
Part
Fuel Nozzle
Condition
Dirty
Location
Rt Engine
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
R
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

AFTER TAKEOFF OUT OF LCK PILOT REPORTED RIGHT ENGINE RUNNING ROUGH AND BANGING. RETURNED TO LCK. MAINTENANCE CLEANED FUEL NOZZLES AND SPARK PLUGS, ENGINE THEN RAN UP FINE.

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