Service difficulty report · Shaft · Piper PA31350

Difficulty date
December 19, 2003
Submitted
March 1, 2004
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Piper PA31350
Aircraft time
7,089 hours
Engine
Lyc TIO540J2BD
Propeller
Hartzl HCE3YR2A
Part
Shaft
Condition
Broken
Location
Dry Air Pump
Component
Dry Air Pump · Airborne
Component part number
AA441CC7
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
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) DURING THE LAST FLIGHT OF THE DAY THE LT INDICATOR LIGHT ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL CAME ON, INDICATING THAT THE VACUUM PUMP HAD FAILED. AFTER LANDING, MAINTENANCE FOUND THAT THE SHAFT HAD BROKEN. RECEIVED OH PUMP NEXT MORNING INSTALLED, GROUND RUN NO FAULTS FOUND.

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