Service difficulty report · Linkage · Diamon DA40

Difficulty date
May 6, 2012
Submitted
September 14, 2015
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Diamon DA40
Aircraft time
297 hours
Engine
Lyc IO360M1A
Propeller
Mtprop MTV12B
Part
Linkage
Condition
Damaged
Location
Mixture
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
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) PILOT REPORTED THAT THROTTLE CONTROL WOULD NOT PHYSICALLY GO TO FULL THROTTLE. MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL CONFIRMED THAT THROTTLE WOULD ONLY MOVE .5 TO .7500 OF THE WAY. COWLING REMOVED AND WE FOUND THAT CLEVIS PIN THAT ATTACHES THE MIXTURE LINKAGE TO THE FUEL ARM ON THE FCU HAD BACKED OUT SO THAT THE HEAD OF THE CLEVIS PIN WOULD CONTACT THE BODY OF THE FCU THEREBY LIMITING THROTTLE TRAVEL. THE COTTER PIN THAT HOLDS THE CLEVIS PIN IN PLACE WAS NOWHERE TO BE FOUND, CLEVIS PIN REINSTALLED AND NEW COTTER PIN INSTALLED AND THROTTLE TRAVEL WAS NORMAL.

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