What was found
KEY ON DRIVE SHAFT FROM ENGINE TO TACHOMETER GENERATOR WORE AWAY CAUSING LOW/NO RPM INDICATION. FAILURE AFTER ONLY 106HRS MAY INDICATE POSSIBLE MANUFACTURE DEFECT
- Difficulty date
- December 12, 2018
- Submitted
- December 13, 2018
- Operation
- General aviation
- Aircraft
- N1218P
- Make and model
- Cirrus SR20
- Aircraft serial
- 1677
- Aircraft time
- 1,654 hours
- Engine
- Cont IO360ES
- System (JASC)
- 7714 · Engine RPM Indicating System
- Part
- Keyway
- Condition
- Worn
- Location
- Tach Gen
- Part time
- 106 hours
- Component
- Tach Gen
- Component part number
- 12323002
- Stage of operation
- TX
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- O
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.