Service difficulty report · Magneto · Cessna 172M

Difficulty date
January 1, 2001
Submitted
March 1, 2001
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Cessna 172M
Aircraft time
2,977 hours
Engine
Lyc O320E2D
Propeller
Mcauly 1C160DTM
Part
Magneto
Part number
4250R
Condition
Failed
Location
Engine
Part time
525 hours
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
R, J
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

(CAN) ENGINE STARTING RUNNING ROUGH IN CRUISE FLIGHT PILOT RETURNED TO STATION. GROUND RUN INDICATED EXCESSIVE RPM LOSS ON RT MAGNETO. MAGNETO REPLACED AND FOLLOW UP GROUND RUN CARRIED OUT RESULTING IN NORMAL RPM (STATIC) AND RT RPM DROP WITHIN LIMITS. NO APPARENT EXTERNAL PROBLEMS WITH MAGNETO COULD BE IDENTIFIED. AN SC REPORT MAY FOLLOW SHOULD WE CHOOSE TO HAVE THE MAGNETO OVERHAULED.

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