Post by flyjoe180 on Mar 13, 2008 22:06:42 GMT 12
Many New Zealand aviation companies and aircraft owners were told by the Civil Aviation Authority tonight to check fuel injection engines immediately for a possible fault.
If present, the fault could cause loss of power and engine failure.
The engines must be checked before the planes were flown again.
US authorities have recorded 18 incidents of a gasket inside the fuel injection system failing on some Lycoming engines, some Teledyne Continental reciprocating engines and some Superior Airparts reciprocating engines.
The engines need to have been rebuilt, serviced, overhauled, repaired or bought new since August 22, 2006, to be affected.
The fault is in a gasket sealant, which, if it failed, could lead to the escape of a small plug in the system with a loss of power possibly following.
- NZPA
www.stuff.co.nz/4438379a10.html
If present, the fault could cause loss of power and engine failure.
The engines must be checked before the planes were flown again.
US authorities have recorded 18 incidents of a gasket inside the fuel injection system failing on some Lycoming engines, some Teledyne Continental reciprocating engines and some Superior Airparts reciprocating engines.
The engines need to have been rebuilt, serviced, overhauled, repaired or bought new since August 22, 2006, to be affected.
The fault is in a gasket sealant, which, if it failed, could lead to the escape of a small plug in the system with a loss of power possibly following.
- NZPA
www.stuff.co.nz/4438379a10.html
