Service difficulty report · Link · Hughes 269C

Difficulty date
February 8, 2008
Submitted
February 15, 2008
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Hughes 269C
Aircraft time
5,816 hours
Engine
Lyc HIO360D1A
Part
Link
Condition
Disconnected
Location
Fuel Injector
Component
Fuel Injector · Bendix
Component part number
2524525P
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
R, J
Precautionary procedure
R

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

What was found

(CAN) THE COTTER PIN SECURING THE IDLE MIXTURE LINK BLOCK TO THE MIXTURE CONTROL ARM BECAME DISLODGED. THIS ALLOWED THE MIXTURE LINK BLOCK TO BECOME DISCONNECTED FROM THE MIXTURE CONTROL ARM. RESULTING A LOSS OF CONTROL OVER FUEL FLOW TO THE ENGINE AND THE ENGINE RETURNED TO GROUND IDLE POWER. (TC NR 20080212005)

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