Service difficulty report · Valve · Diamon DA40

Difficulty date
September 28, 2012
Submitted
September 14, 2015
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Diamon DA40
Engine
Lyc IO360M1A
Propeller
Hartzl HCC2YR1
Part
Valve
Part number
D4171662030
Condition
Damaged
Location
Alternate Air
Part time
1,056 hours
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
E, 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 LOUD NOISE/VIOLENT VIBRATION ON TAKEOFF, WHILE AIRBORNE. AFTER DISCUSSING WITH PILOT, FOUND OUT THAT FLIGHT CONTROLS WAS NOT THE ISSUE, MOST PROBABLY ENGINE RELATED. AFTER TAKEOFF ENGINE WAS VERY ROUGH AND LOUD. COMPLETED CIRCUIT, WHEN TOUCHDOWN THE VIBRATION STOPPED. FOUND ALTERNATE AIR VALVE BODY SEPARATED AT CONTROL CABLE ATTACHMENT WHICH WOULD THEN ALLOW BODY TO ROTATE FREELY CAUSING THE ALTERNATE AIR TO BE APPLIED UNVOLUNTARILY. NEW VALVE BODY INSTALLED. MAINTENANCE GROUND RUN AND HIGH SPEED TAXI REVEALED NO FAULT AFTER REPAIRS, ACFT RELEASED CONDITIONAL TO SATISFACTORY TEST FLIGHT.

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