Service difficulty report · Injector · Cirrus SR22

Difficulty date
January 4, 2013
Submitted
January 9, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N736SR
Make and model
Cirrus SR22
Aircraft serial
2563
Aircraft time
2,018 hours
Engine
Cont IO550N
Engine time
23 hours
Propeller
Hartzl PHCJ3YF1
Part
Injector
Part number
6570681234
Condition
Broken
Location
Engine
Part time
23 hours
Stage of operation
TO
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
R
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

ON 01/01/2013 DURING TAKEOFF PILOT NOTICED ENGINE RUNNING ROUGH, RETURNED TO AIRPORT FOR LANDING. (NO EMERGENCY DECLARED) ON 01/02/2013 A MECHANIC INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT AND SUSPECTED FOULED SPARK PLUGS, AFTER CLEANING SPARK PLUGS THE MECHANIC TEST RAN THE AIRCRAFT NO ABNORMALITIES NOTED. ON 01/03/2013 PILOT RETURNED TO THE AIRPORT AND TEST FLEW THE AIRCRAFT, THE AIRCRAFT RAN FINE ON RUN UP BUT AFTER TAKEOFF STARTED RUNNING ROUGH AGAIN PILOT RETURNED BACK TO THE AIRPORT. (NO EMERGENCY DECLARED) MECHANIC REINSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT ON 01/04/2013 AND FOUND THE NUMBER ONE CYLINDER FUEL INJECTOR BROKEN IN HALF.

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