Service difficulty report · Spring · Beech A36

Difficulty date
April 24, 2003
Submitted
May 7, 2003
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N951LH
Make and model
Beech A36
Aircraft serial
E2300
Engine
Cont IO520B
Part
Spring
Part number
1051324
Condition
Broken
Location
Impulse Coupling
Part time
884 hours
Component
Impulse Couplin
Component part number
10349367
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

CUSTOMER WAS COMPLAINING OF A ROUGH RUNNING ENGINE DUE TO A BAD LEFT MAGNETO, REMOVED MAGNETO AND FOUND THE IMPULSE COUPLING SPRING WAS BROKEN. COUPLING SPRING REPLACED WITH A NEW PART, REINSTALLED MAGNETO AND TIMED TO ENGINE. GROUND RAN ENGINES AND NO FURTHER PROBLEM FOUND.

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