What was found
(CAN) VACUUM COUPLING FAILED. PROBLEM FOUND ON START UP AND FLIGHT ABORTED. REPLACED VACUUM PUMP WITH NEW UNIT. ALL WORK PERFORMED BY MAINTENANCE AND SIGNED OUT IN LOGS.
- Difficulty date
- May 17, 2015
- Submitted
- August 5, 2015
- Operation
- General aviation
- Make and model
- Cessna 150G
- Aircraft time
- 8,976 hours
- Engine
- Cont O200A
- Propeller
- Mcauly 1A100*
- System (JASC)
- 3710 · Vacuum Distribution System
- Part
- Coupling
- Condition
- Sheared
- Location
- Vacuum Pump
- Part time
- 2,109 hours
- Stage of operation
- TX
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- X, J
- Precautionary procedure
- D
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.