Service difficulty report · Flange · Diamon DA20C1

Difficulty date
June 7, 2019
Submitted
August 17, 2020
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Diamon DA20C1
Aircraft time
10,919 hours
Engine
Cont IO240B
Part
Flange
Part number
653885
Condition
Cracked
Location
Intake Tube
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
R
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

(CAN) AIRCRAFT GOT SNAGGED FOR SPUTTERED AND LOSS OF RPM ON CLIMB OUT AND RAN ROUGH BELOW 1500 RPM. ALL INTAKE TUBES WERE REMOVED AND INSPECTED AND CYL. #1 INTAKE TUBE FLANGE WAS FOUND CRACKED. ALL SPARK PLUGS WERE SERVICED WITH N.F.F ALL CYL. COMPRESSION WERE CHECKED WITH N.F.F. BOTH MAGNETOS TIMING TO ENGINE WAS CHECKED WITH N.F.F. ALL CYL. FUEL INJECTOR NOZZLES WERE INSPECTED AND CLEANED WITH N.F.F. FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM SETUP WAS COMPLETED PRIOR RELEASING AIRCRAFT FOR TEST FLIGHT. CRACKED INTAKE TUBE WAS FOUND TO BE THE CAUSE OF ENGINE POWER LOSS AND ROUGH RUNNING AT LOWER RPM. (TC# 20190607014)

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