Service difficulty report · Regulator Valve · Piper PA28181

Difficulty date
October 17, 2019
Submitted
October 21, 2019
Operation
General aviation
Filed by
FQAR173S
Bird Acquisition LLC.
Aircraft
N424PA
Make and model
Piper PA28181
Aircraft serial
2843468
Aircraft time
22,347 hours
Part
Regulator Valve
Part number
RA2H319
Part serial
2081503
Condition
Broken
Location
Vacuum Sys
Part time
2,489 hours
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

PILOT SQUAWKED VAC INOP, VAN ANNUNCIATOR INOP, TROUBLESHOOTING REVEALED THAT THE VAC INOP SWITCH HAD FALLEN OFF THE VACUUM REGULATOR, REGULATOR WAS REMOVED AND INSPECTED, FOUND THE REGULATOR TO BE GLUED TOGETHER AT ALL FITTINGS, THE REASON THE INOP SWITCH IS NOT SUPPORTED AND THE VIBRATIONS WORKED IT FREE, NO TOOLING MARKS TO SHOW THAT THE SWITCH HAD EVER BEEN REPLACED, NO TRACES OF GLUE WERE ON THE FITTING ATTACHED TO THE SWITCH

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