What was found
AIRCRAFT CAME IN WITH ONE DEAD MAGNETO. MAGNETO WOULD NOT TIME TO ENGINE, FOUND E GAP MISALIGNED WITH DISTRIBUTOR GEAR. OPENED MAGNETOS FOR INSPECTION AND FOUND MAGNET HOUSING CRACKED AND MAGNET HAD SHIFTED/ROTATED TO DRIVE SHAFT.
- Difficulty date
- June 5, 2019
- Submitted
- January 29, 2020
- Operation
- General aviation
- Aircraft
- N306RS
- Make and model
- Cirrus SR22
- Aircraft serial
- 4743
- Engine
- Cont IO550N
- System (JASC)
- 7414 · Magneto/Distributor
- Part
- Housing
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Magneto
- Component
- Magneto
- Component part number
- 105005561
- 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.