Service difficulty report · Magneto · Piper PA31350

Difficulty date
November 13, 2015
Submitted
November 17, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N35336
Make and model
Piper PA31350
Aircraft serial
317952189
Aircraft time
19,968 hours, 25,079 cycles
Engine
Lyc TIO540J2B
Part
Magneto
Part number
BL34931014
Part serial
F11EA111R
Condition
Faulty
Location
Rt Engine
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
E, R
Precautionary procedure
E, A

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

What was found

AFTER TAKEOFF, THE PILOT REPORTED THE RT ENG WAS VIBRATING, RUNNING ROUGH & LOW ON POWER. AFTER MONITORING THE ENG GAUGE’S THE PILOT OBSERVED THE RT ENG OIL PRESS WAS AT THE BOTTOM OF GREEN ARC & TOP OF YELLOW ARC. THE PILOT DECIDED TO PERFORM A PRECAUTIONARY IN FLIGHT SHUTDOWN OF THE RT ENG, RETURNED & LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. TROUBLESHOOTING REVEALED A FAULTY RT ENG RT MAGNETO. REPLACED THE RT ENG, RT MAGNETO. PERFORMED ENG RUN & LEAK CHECKS. ALL CHECKS WERE NORMAL, OBSERVED OIL PRESS ON THE RT ENG WAS NORMAL.

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