What was found
DURING CRUISE FLIGHT, PILOT NOTED ENGINE RUNNING ROUGH AND LOST 50 RPM. LANDED. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED THE ACFT AND FOUND THE MAGNETO TIMING HOUSING TO BE CONTAMINATED WITH ENGINE OIL. REPLACED AND ENGINE RUNS REVEALED NO DEFECTS.
- Difficulty date
- March 6, 2014
- Submitted
- March 10, 2014
- Operation
- General aviation
- Filed by
- FQAR173S
Bird Acquisition LLC. - Aircraft
- N929PA
- Make and model
- Piper PA28181
- Aircraft serial
- 2843299
- Aircraft time
- 14,231 hours
- Engine
- Lyc O360A4M
- Engine time
- 13,706 hours
- Propeller
- Snsnch 76EM8
- System (JASC)
- 7414 · Magneto/Distributor
- Part
- Housing
- Part number
- EA3000
- Part serial
- 13026011
- Condition
- Contaminated
- Location
- Magneto
- Part time
- 483 hours
- Stage of operation
- CR
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- R, E
- Precautionary procedure
- A
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.