Service difficulty report · Engine · Cessna 402C

Difficulty date
September 30, 2012
Submitted
October 3, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N106CA
Make and model
Cessna 402C
Aircraft serial
402C1020
Aircraft time
21,078 hours
Engine
Lyc IO540B1A5
Part
Engine
Condition
Power Loss
Location
Left
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
R, E, J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

PILOT REPORTED THAT THE LT FUEL FLOW SURGED 10 POUNDS IN CLIMB, FOLLOWED BY THE LT ENGINE RUNNING ROUGH. ELECTED TO TURN ON THE AUXILARY FUEL PUMP TO SUSTAIN POWER AND SMOOTH ENGINE PERFORMANCE. ON MX INSPECTION, A VISUAL INSPECTION WAS PERFORMED OF THE ENGINE AS WELL AS A RUN UP WITH ALL PARAMETERS CHECKING NORMAL. FUEL SYS STRAINER WAS INSPECTED ON LT WING AND THE FUEL FILTERS WERE CLEANED. THE FUEL METERING UNIT SEAL WAS REPLACED AS A PRECAUTION. ALL SYS OPERATIONALLY CHECKED GOOD.

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