Service difficulty report · Magneto · Piper PA31350

Difficulty date
September 27, 2014
Submitted
September 29, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N4501B
Make and model
Piper PA31350
Aircraft serial
318052168
Aircraft time
21,874 hours
Engine
Lyc TIO540J2BD
Engine time
1,227 hours
Propeller
Hartzl HCE3YR2A
Part
Magneto
Part number
BL34929017
Part serial
F12DA254R
Condition
Failed
Location
Rt Engine
Part time
199 hours
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
R
Precautionary procedure
E, A

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

What was found

DURING FLIGHT, THE RT ENG BEGAN TO RUN ROUGH, THE RT CYLINDER HEAD TEMP WAS HIGH. THE ENG WAS SHUTDOWN & FEATHERED AS A PRECAUTION. ACFT LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. DETERMINED THAT THE LT MAGNETO ON THE RT ENG WAS DEFECTIVE, FURTHER DETAILS ABOUT THE MAGNETO ARE LISTED BELOW IN SECTION 5.

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