What was found
(CAN) ENGINE ROUGHNESS WAS NOTED ON STARTUP AT ALL POWER SETTINGS BELOW 1600 RPM. NR 3 CYLINDER SPARK PLUG WAS FOUND TO HAVE ELECTRODE BROKEN OFF AT 90 DEGREE BEND.
- Difficulty date
- February 9, 2002
- Submitted
- March 4, 2002
- Operation
- General aviation
- Make and model
- Diamon DA20A1
- Aircraft time
- 2,911 hours
- Engine
- Rotax ROTAX912
- System (JASC)
- 7421 · Spark Plug/Igniter
- Part
- Spark Plug
- Part number
- 897255
- Condition
- Broken
- Location
- Cylinder Head
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- V
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.