Service difficulty report · Needle · Diamon DA20A1

Difficulty date
February 16, 2002
Submitted
March 4, 2002
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Diamon DA20A1
Aircraft time
2,445 hours
Engine
Rotax ROTAX912
Part
Needle
Part number
961215
Condition
Sheared
Location
Carburetor
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
E, R
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

(CAN) DURING FLIGHT SUDDEN ROUGHNESS OCCURRED, PROP UNRESPONDSIVE WITH POWER FULL, AIRCRAFT RAN ROUGH THE WHOLE FLIGHT BACK, UNABLE TO MAINTAIN ALTITUDE, SLOW DESCENT APPROX 100 FEET/MIN FROM BIRDS HILL TO ST. ANDREWS. WINGS REMOVED AND AIRCRAFT TRANSOORTED TO WINNIPEG BASE, UPON INSPECTION FOUND L/H CARB NEEDLE SHEARED, NEEDLE AND CIRCLIP REPLACED, RT CARB INSP, WINGS REINSTALLED, SAFETIED AND TRAVEL CHECKED, PITOT STATIC TEST CARRIED OUT AS PER AWM 511 APPENDIX B. NO DEFECTS NOTED. AIRCRAFT GROUND RUN AND LEAK CHECKED SERVICEABLE.

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