What was found
PILOT COULD NOT START ENGINE AFTER SIX ATTEMPTS. INSPECTION BY MAINTENANCE PERSONELL REVEALED THE NEWLY INSTALLED LEFT MAGNETO WAS MALFUNCTIONING.
- Difficulty date
- June 14, 2017
- Submitted
- June 15, 2017
- Operation
- General aviation
- Aircraft
- N416PA
- Make and model
- Piper PA28181
- Aircraft serial
- 2843438
- Aircraft time
- 19,064 hours
- Engine
- Lyc O360A4M
- System (JASC)
- 7414 · Magneto/Distributor
- Part
- Magneto
- Part number
- 4347
- Part serial
- 95040010
- Condition
- Malfunctioned
- Location
- Left
- Stage of operation
- TX
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- O
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.