Service difficulty report · Points · Cessna 172S

Difficulty date
July 29, 2014
Submitted
March 12, 2015
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Cessna 172S
Aircraft time
5,167 hours
Engine
Lyc IO360L2A
Part
Points
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Magneto
Part time
275 hours
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

(CAN) PILOT REPORTED THAT ENGINE WAS RUNNING ROUGH ON THE LT MAGNETO. MAINTENANCE RUNUP CONFIRMED THE CONDITION. AFTER CHECKING SPARK PLUGS AND IGNITION WIRES THE MAGNETO WAS REMOVED AND DISASSEMBLED AS REQUIRED TO CHECK THE POINTS AND COIL. THE POINTS WERE FOUND TO BE DEFECTIVE AS THE CONTACT BUTTON ON THE SPRING ELEMENT WAS LOOSE AND COULD WANDER SIGNIFICANTLY. THE POINTS WERE REPLACEDAND HAD 275 HOURS ON THEM. THESE WERE ACCESSORIES POINTS, AND THEY HAVE PUBLISHED A SB ON THIS ISSUE SB-009. THESE POINTS WERE INSPECTED IAW THE SB BEFORE INSTALLATION AND WERE DEEMED TO BE OK. THE BULLETIN ALSO REFERS TO AN INK DATE CODE ON THE BACK OF THE BASE BUT THE CODE IS DIFFICULT TO READ AS THE INK LETTERS AND NRS ARE NOT CLEAR. NEW SLICK POINTS WERE INSTALLED IN THE MAGNETO AND SUBSEQUENT RUNUPS SHOWED PROPER OPERATION.

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