Service difficulty report · Engine · Diamon DA20C1

Difficulty date
January 26, 2009
Submitted
March 5, 2009
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Diamon DA20C1
Aircraft time
3,015 hours
Engine
Cont IO240B
Part
Engine
Part number
IO240B
Condition
Malfunctioned
Stage of operation
TO
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
Y
Precautionary procedure
C

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

What was found

PILOT REPORT, ENGINE FAILED ON RUNWAY FOLLOWING FULL POWER APPLICATION AFTER DOING TOUCH AND GO. ENGINE WAS RESTARTED AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS AND TAXIED OFF. MAINTENANCE RESPONSE, FUEL SET UP PROCEDURE WAS PERFORMED IN ACCORDANCE WITH TCM SID97-3E AND GROUND RUN SATISFACTORY WITH ALL FUEL AND POWER INDICATIONS NORMAL. EXPERIENCE WITH THESE ENGINE TYPES HAVE REVEALED THAT THEY CAN BE SENSITIVE TO AMBIENT TEMPERATURE AND PRESSURE CHANGES. ANOTHER CONTRIBUTING FACTOR IS THE CONDITION OF THE FUEL SYSTEM COMPONENTS AND RELATED FUNCTIONS. THE FUEL SET UP PROCEDURE USUALLY CORRECTS THIS TYPE OF CONDITION.

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