Service difficulty report · Probe · Diamon DA40

Difficulty date
September 22, 2011
Submitted
January 23, 2013
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Diamon DA40
Aircraft time
562 hours
Engine
Lyc IO360M1A
Propeller
Hartzl HCC2YR1
Part
Probe
Part number
A002BGWIP
Condition
Defective
Location
Egt
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

(CAN) DURING TROUBLESHOOTING OF THE EGT SYS, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT AN EGT PROBE WAS DEFECTIVE. CHECKING THE INTERACTIVE IPC ON THE DIAMOND AIRCRAFT WEBSITE, THE FOLLOWING PART NUMBER WAS FOUND (ATTACHMENT INTERACTIVE IPC) P/N VMS 1020060. DIAMOND PARTS DEPARTMENT WAS CONTACTED, BUT WAS UNABLE TO IDENTIFY THAT NR IN THEIR SYS. WE WERE THEN TRANSFERRED TO THE HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT WHO WAS ABLE TO GIVE US AN ADDITIONAL NR BUT HE WAS NOT QUITE SURE IF IT WAS IN FACT APPLICABLE TO OUR AFT (PN A002BG-WIP). WE ASKED TO SPEAK TO CUSTOMER SERVICE WHO PROVIDED US WITH A DOCUMENT, SHOWING THE CROSS FROM THE G1000 SYS EQUIPMENT LISTING. (ATTACHMENT DOCUMENTATION SUPPLIED WITH CHT PROBE) AN ORDER WAS PLACED FOR A A002BG-WIP, BUT UNFORTUNATELY, THE ITEM RECEIVED WAS A CHT PROBE AND NOT AN EGT PROBE, ALTHOUGH ALL DOCUMENT SUPPLIED IDENTIFIED IT AS A EGT PROBE BY PN AND DESCRIPTION. (ATTACHMENT DOCUMENTATION SUPPLIED WITH CHT PROBE) ATTACHMENT NR 5 & 6 SHOWS EGT PROBE ATTACHED TO THE ACFT AND CHT PROBE SUPPLIED. A REPLACEMENT PROBE HAS BEEN ORDERED.

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