Service difficulty report · Contact · Robsin R44RAVENII

Difficulty date
August 14, 2015
Submitted
August 20, 2015
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N8YL
Make and model
Robsin R44RAVENII
Aircraft serial
11171
Aircraft time
544 hours
Engine
Lyc IO540AE1A5
Engine time
544 hours
Part
Contact
Part number
ES10382585
Condition
Debonded
Location
Magneto
Part time
34 hours
Component
Magneto
Component part number
10600646201
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

THERE WAS A ROUGH MAGNETO DROP DURING RUN-UP. TROUBLESHOOTING REVEALED A LARGE MAXIMUM POINT GAP AND CORRESPONDING ERRONEOUS E-GAP. CLOSER EXAMINATION REVEALED THE TUNGSTEN CONTACT BECAME UNATTACHED FROM THE RIVET ON THE FRAME SIDE OF THE CONTACT ASSEMBLY. THE REMAINS OF THE TUNGSTEN CONTACT WERE FOUND INSIDE THE HOUSING OR FELL OUT WHEN THE MAGNETO WAS DISASSEMBLED.