Service difficulty report · Metering Valve · Cessna 150M

Difficulty date
September 20, 2002
Submitted
October 11, 2002
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N714GM
Make and model
Cessna 150M
Aircraft serial
15079165
Engine
Cont O200*
Part
Metering Valve
Part number
242514
Condition
Scored
Location
Carburetor Bowl
Part time
42 hours
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
O

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What was found

A/C WAS ON TRAINING FLIGHT, AT 4000 FT, INSTRUCTOR DEMONSTRATED LEANING PROCESS BY PULLING OUT MIXTURE CONTROL UNTIL ENGINE ROUGHNESS JUST OCCURRED. ENRICHENING MIXTURE HAD NO EFFECT, AND A EMERGENCY LANDING WAS MADE WITHOUT POWER. INITIAL INSP SHOWED THAT MIXTURE CONTROL WAS OPERATING PROPERLY. INSP OF CARBURETOR SHOWED THAT MIXTURE CONTROL LEVER WAS ABLE TO MOVE BUT VALVE INSIDE WAS NOT AND APPEARED TO BE SEIZED. INTERNAL INSP SHOWED SCORE MARKS ON VALVE ASSY. NO EVIDENCE OF ANY FOD CONTAMINATION. IT WAS DIFFICULT TO SEPARATE BOWL FROM THROTTLE BODY DUE TO TIGHT FIT OF VALVE ASSY. T

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