Service difficulty report · Nozzle · Piper PA31350

Difficulty date
December 2, 2011
Submitted
January 4, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N40919
Make and model
Piper PA31350
Aircraft serial
8152162
Aircraft time
13,228 hours
Engine
Lyc TIO540J2BD
Engine time
748 hours
Part
Nozzle
Condition
Dirty
Location
Lt 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 DEPARTING PILOT HAD LEFT ENGINE RUNNING ROUGH, DIVERTED. MAINTENANCE CLEANED FUEL NOZZLES AND CHANGED ALL SPARK PLUGS, OPS CHECKED GOOD.

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