Service difficulty report · Distributor Blk · Piper PA31350

Difficulty date
March 6, 2012
Submitted
March 9, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N4501B
Make and model
Piper PA31350
Aircraft serial
318052168
Aircraft time
19,278 hours
Engine
Lyc TIO540*
Part
Distributor Blk
Condition
Damaged
Location
Magneto
Component
Magneto · Slick
Component part number
1034931014
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

RT ENGINE RUNNING ROUGH OUTBOUND, MX FORUND THAT NR 2 ENGINE RT MAGNETO WENT TO CROSSFIRING. ENGINE WOULD NOT RUN WITH THIS MAG IN THE ON POSITION, DISTIBUTOR BLOCK COMING APART. REPLACING MAGNETO.

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