Service difficulty report · Injection System · Diamon DA20C1

Difficulty date
July 30, 2005
Submitted
October 3, 2005
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Diamon DA20C1
Aircraft time
779 hours
Engine
Cont IO240B
Part
Injection System
Condition
Out Of Adjust
Location
Engine Fuel
Stage of operation
LD
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
Y
Precautionary procedure
D

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

What was found

AIRCRAFT ENGINE QUIT DURING LANDING AND HAD RESTART DIFFICULT. A/C WAS FINALLY STARTED AND TAXIED BACK TO A MX HANGAR. IT WAS NOTED THAT ENGINE RAN EXTREMELY ROUGH AT IDLE. A SET OF CALIBRATED FUEL SET UP GAUGES WERE ATTACHED AND A FUEL SYSTEM CHECK CARRIED OUT PER TCM SID97-3C. ADJUSTMENTS WERE CARRIED OUT AND A/C RELEASED CONDITIONAL TO SATISFACTORY TEST FLIGHT. TEST FLIGHT WAS SATISFACTORY AND A/C RETURNED TO BASE. DIAMOND AND TCM (TELEDYNE CONTINENTAL MOTORS) ARE AWARE OF THE FUEL SETUP PROBLEMS FUEL SYSTEM DRIFTING OUT OF ADJUSTMENT AND TO MY KNOWLEDGE HAVE BEEN CARRYING OUT FIELD TEST WORKING CLOSELY WITH EMBRY RIDDLE.

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