Service difficulty report · Magneto · Diamon DA40

Difficulty date
March 13, 2015
Submitted
April 9, 2015
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N586MT
Make and model
Diamon DA40
Aircraft serial
40962
Aircraft time
2,950 hours
Engine
Lyc IO360M1A
Engine time
317 hours
Part
Magneto
Part number
4347
Part serial
13120108
Condition
Broken
Location
Engine
Part time
317 hours
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
Y
Precautionary procedure
D

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

What was found

WHEN THE PILOT PERFORMED THE RUNUP AND SELECTED THE LT MAGNETO, THE ENGINE QUIT AND COULD NOT BE RESTARTED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SENT TO MAINTENANCE. MAINTENANCE WAS UNABLE TO START THE ACFT AND IT WAS FOUND THAT THE LT MAGNETO WAS COMPLETELY DEAD. THE LT MAGNETO WAS REPLACED WITH A NEW MAGNETO AND THE ACFT STARTED AND A MAGNETO CHECK WAS DONE. THE CAUSE OF THE MAGNETO FAILURE WAS NOT DETERMINED SINCE IT IS STILL UNDER WARRANTY AND OPENING THE MAGNETO VOIDS THE WARRANTY. THIS MAGNETO CAME WITH THE ENGINE WHICH WAS A FACTORY O/H, WITH 316.8 HOURS SINCE O/H.

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