What was found
AIRCRAFT HAD BAD MAGNETO DROP RIGHT ENGINE RIGHT MAGNETO. REMOVED AND DISASSEMBLED MAGNETO. FOUND DISTRIBUTOR FINGER SEPERATED FROM DISTRIBUTOR GEAR. THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM. INSTALLED SERVICEABLE MAGNETO.
- Difficulty date
- October 14, 2014
- Submitted
- January 28, 2015
- Operation
- General aviation
- Aircraft
- N581ND
- Make and model
- Piper PA44180
- Aircraft serial
- 4496258
- Aircraft time
- 4,298 hours
- Engine
- Lyc LO360A1H6
- Engine time
- 1,052 hours
- Propeller
- Hartzl HCC2YR2
- System (JASC)
- 7414 · Magneto/Distributor
- Part
- Distributor Gear
- Part number
- K3008
- Condition
- Detached
- Location
- Rt Magneto
- Part time
- 523 hours
- Component
- Magneto · Champion · 4302
- Component part number
- 4302
- Stage of operation
- TX
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- R
- Precautionary procedure
- D
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.