Service difficulty report · Carburetor · Dhav DHC3

Difficulty date
August 19, 2006
Submitted
October 3, 2006
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Dhav DHC3
Aircraft time
15,698 hours
Engine
Wsk ASZ62IRM18
Part
Carburetor
Part number
AKM621RA
Condition
Leaking
Location
Engine
Part time
311 hours
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
R, E
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

(CAN) ACCORDING TO THE PILOT WHILE IN FLT THE ENGINE STARTED TO RUN ROUGH AND SPUTTERED A FEW TIMES, THE PILOT CHECKED LT AND RT MAGNETOS, CARB HEAT, BOOST PUMP, GAUGES-OIL TEMPERATURE AND PRESSURE, FUEL PRESSURE AND CYLINDER HEAD TEMPERATURE. ALL GAUGES WERE INDICATING NORMAL RANGES. SWITCHED FUEL TANKS AND THE PROBLEM THEN WENT AWAY. A FEW MINUTES LATER THE PROBLEM OCCURRED AGAIN. THE PILOT THEN NOTIFIED A COMPANY AIRCRAFT AND PROCEEDED WITH UNSCHEDULED LANDING FOR PURPOSE OF INVESTIGATING PROBLEM. THE ENGINE PROBLEM WAS NOT EVIDENT ON THE APPROACH AND LANDING. ONCE ON THE WATER THE PILOT THEN WENT TO SHORE AND DRAINED THE FUEL SUMPS AND CHECKED THE CARB HEAT FUNCTION. THE PILOT THEN DID MULTIPLE RUN UPS AT D