What was found
(CAN) A ROUGH RUNNING ENGINE ON MAGNETO CHECK DURING STARTUP REVEALED A LOOSE DISTRIBUTOR FINGER ON DISTRIBUTOR GEAR ASSEMBLY. AFFECTED MAGNETO DID NOT HAVE ORIGINAL DISTRIBUTOR GEAR. GEAR REPLACED LESS THAN 400 HOURS AGO.
- Difficulty date
- November 2, 2012
- Submitted
- September 14, 2015
- Operation
- General aviation
- System (JASC)
- 7414 · Magneto/Distributor
- Part
- Distributor Blk
- Part number
- K3822
- Condition
- Loose
- Location
- Magneto
- Part time
- 365 hours
- Component
- Magneto · Champion
- Component part number
- 4370
- Stage of operation
- TX
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- R, J
- Precautionary procedure
- O
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.