Service difficulty report · Housing · Piper PA28181

Difficulty date
March 6, 2014
Submitted
March 10, 2014
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N442PA
Make and model
Piper PA28181
Aircraft serial
2843498
Aircraft time
15,660 hours
Engine
Lyc O360A4M
Engine time
10,873 hours
Propeller
Snsnch 76EM8
Part
Housing
Part number
EA3000
Part serial
13073009
Condition
Contaminated
Location
Magneto
Part time
831 hours
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
E
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

AFTER TAKEOFF, NOTED ENGINE WAS RUNNING ROUGH. DID NOT REPORT ANY POWER OR RPM LOSS. DECIDED TO DISCONTINUE FLIGHT. MAINTENANCE RAN THE ACFT ON GROUND AND DID NOT EXPERIENCE ANY ROUGHNESS, A VISUAL EXAMINATION OF THE ENGINE'S ACCESSORIES REVEALED THE MAGNETO TIMING HOUSING WAS CONTAMINATED WITH OIL. REPLACED, AND SUBSEQUENT ENGINE GROUND RUNS WERE SATISFACTORY.

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