What was found
AIRCRAFT WOULD START ON LEFT MAGNETO BUT WOULD NOT RUN WHEN SELECTED TO THE LEFT MAGNETO. MAGNETO DISTRIBUTOR GEAR TO CAP SHOWS A LOT OF TIPPING PLAY WITHOUT DISASSEMBLY. GROUND RUN: RAN A LITTLE ROUGH AND THEN QUIT.
- Difficulty date
- August 31, 2001
- Submitted
- September 19, 2001
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N8259V
- Make and model
- Piper PA32301
- Aircraft serial
- 328006097
- Engine
- Lyc IO540*
- System (JASC)
- 7414 · Magneto/Distributor
- Part
- Magneto
- Part number
- 103492901
- Part serial
- 86400024
- Condition
- Malfunctioned
- Location
- Left
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- V
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.