Service difficulty report · Impulse Coupling · Cessna U206B

Difficulty date
May 19, 2006
Submitted
June 6, 2006
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Cessna U206B
Aircraft time
9,294 hours
Engine
Cont IO520D
Part
Impulse Coupling
Part number
M3050
Condition
Broken
Location
Magneto
Part time
2,157 hours
Component
Magneto · Slick
Component part number
6310
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
R, J
Precautionary procedure
D

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

What was found

DURING FLT, PILOT NOTICED A VERY SLIGHT RPM DROP AND SLIGHT ROUGHNESS. UPON LANDING A GROUND RUN WAS PERFORMED AND WHEN THE IGNITION SWITCH WAS SELECTED TO RT MAG, ENGINE DIED OFF BEFORE SELECTING BACK TO LT OR BOTH. WHEN COWLS WERE REMOVED IT WAS EVIDENT THAT RT MAG HAD SEPARATED FROM ATTACH FLANGE AND WAS LAYING JUST FWD OF ITS ATTACHMENT POINT. UPON INSPECTION OF MAG IT APPEARS THAT IMPULSE COUPLING HAD FAILED INTERNALLY AND THROUGH ROTATION AND CENTRIFICAL FORCE HAD WORN AWAY THE CASING OF THE MAG TO THE POINT OF SEPARATION. MAG WAS REPLACED WITH A NEW UNIT, THE ACCY CASE GEARS WERE VISUALLY INSPECTED, AND THE OIL AND FILTER WERE CHANGED AT THAT TIME AND AGAIN 3 HOURS LATER.

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