Service difficulty report · Magneto · Cessna 414A

Difficulty date
September 27, 2011
Submitted
January 23, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Make and model
Cessna 414A
Aircraft time
6,111 hours
Engine
Cont TSIO520VB
Propeller
Mcauly 3AF32C505
Part
Magneto
Part number
10349260
Condition
Inoperative
Location
Engine
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
Y, J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

(CAN) ACFT LANDED WITH SNAG OF PROP SURGING 300 RPM IN CRUISE. FOR TROUBLESHOOTING PURPOSES THE PROP GOVS WERE SWAPPED THEN RETURNED TO ORIGINAL POSITIONS, PROPS WERE SWAPPED THEN RETURNED TO ORIGINAL POSITIONS, WITH NO CHANGE TO THE SNAG. UPON INSPECTION OF THE MAGNETOS RT MAG, RT ENG WAS FOUND TO HAVE BROKEN TEETH. O/H MAG WAS ORDERED AND INSTALLED. ACFT WAS GROUND RUN AND FOUND SERVICABLE.

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