Service difficulty report · Injector · Grob G120A

Difficulty date
November 20, 2009
Submitted
December 1, 2009
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Grob G120A
Aircraft time
1,137 hours
Engine
Lyc AEIO540D4D5
Propeller
Hartzl HCC3YR
Part
Injector
Part number
25766081
Condition
Failed
Location
Fuel System
Part time
1,593 hours
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
X, E
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

(CAN) INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT WERE ABOUT 15-20MIN INTO A LOCAL TRAINING FLIGHT WHEN SLIGHT ENG VIBRATIONS WERE NOTED DURING PWR CHANGES MADE AROUND 2300 RPM. INSTRUCTOR FOLLOWED ROUGH RUNNING CHECKLIST STEPS IN APPROVED CHECKLIST AND DETERMINED THAT ENG RAN ROUGH ON EITHER MAGNETO. INSTRUCTOR DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND RETURNED TO AIRPORT AT 5500` ASL IN PREPARATION FOR A POSSIBLE FORCED LANDING. ACFT WAS LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. SUBSEQUENT ENG RUN-UP TESTS CONFIRMED THE ROUGH RUNNING ENGINE. AFTER A THOROUGH IGNITION SYS INSP IT WAS OBSERVED THAT INJECTOR UNIT WAS WEEPING FUEL IN THE INLET THROAT AREA. EXCESSIVE PLAY ALSO EXISTED AT THE FUEL MIXTURE ARM OF THE UNIT AND IT WAS DECIDED TO REPLACE THE UNIT. ENG WAS SUCCESSFULLY RAN-UP POST ADJUSTMENTS AND FOUND TO OPERATE SMOOTHLY. ACFT WAS RELEASED SUBJECT TO HAVING A SATISFACTORY TEST FLIGHT. ACFT CONTINUED TO OPERATE SMOOTHLY ON THE SUBSEQUENT TEST FLIGHT AND WAS RELEASED FOR NORMAL FLIGHT TRAINING OPERATIONS.

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