SDR PNSA060502

Service difficulty report · Fuel Control · Piper PA32301

Difficulty date
June 22, 2005
Submitted
June 25, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N4327P
Make and model
Piper PA32301
Aircraft serial
328406002
Aircraft time
18,000 hours
Engine
Lyc IO540K1G5
Part
Fuel Control
Part number
252427312
Part serial
62074
Condition
Unknown
Location
Engine Fuel
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
R
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

PILOT WAS TAKING OFF AND JUST AS HE ROTATED THE ENGINE BEGAN TO RUN ROUGH, THE PILOT HAVING RUNAWAY LEFT LANDED AND SHUT DOWN ENGINE. MX STARTED THE ENGINE AFTER SOME DIFFICULTY THEN REPLACED FUEL SERVO, CLEANED FUEL NOZZLES, SUMPED A VERY SMALL AMOUNT OFF WATER OUT OFF FUEL TANKS, PURGED ENTIRE FUEL SYSTEM. THE ENGINE WAS STARTED AND A PERFORMANCE GROUND RUN DONE, OPS CHECKED NORMAL.

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