All pistons grounded..wtf??

[adam210]

from the ABC website
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Light planes grounded over safety concerns

Posted 3 hours 20 minutes ago
The Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) says up to 3,000 light planes will be grounded across the country tonight because of safety concerns.
CASA spokesman Peter Gibson says an urgent directive was issued in the United States last night to ground and inspect a range of piston-engine planes because of a fuel injection problem.
He says 18 incidents of engine failure in the planes have been reported in the United States.
"The advice we got from the United States was that this is a very serious problem," he said.
"Aircraft should not be allowed to fly until they've been inspected and that's what we've mandated.
"The risk is an engine failure in flight and that's obviously too big a risk to take."
He says no large commercial airlines are affected.

[Islander Jock]

up to 3000 light planes hardly qualifies as "All pistons grounded".

[SmokingHole]

If you actually bothered to look at the casa website you would see the affected engines


Applicability: This AD applies to the following reciprocating engines with an installed Precision
Airmotive LLC, RSA-5 or RSA-10 series fuel injection servo, having a servo plug
gasket, part number (P/N) 365533, installed under the fuel injection servo plug,
P/N 383493:
- Lycoming Engines IO, (L)IO, TIO, (L)TIO, AEIO, AIO, IGO, IVO, and HIO
series reciprocating engines, regardless of displacement, either new, rebuilt,
overhauled, or repaired since 22 August 2006, and/or with an affected fuel
injection servo installed either new, rebuilt, overhauled, or repaired since
22 August 2006.
- Teledyne Continental TSIO-360-RB reciprocating engines, either new, rebuilt,
overhauled, or repaired since 22 August 2006, and/or with an affected fuel
injection servo installed either new, rebuilt, overhauled, or repaired since
22 August 2006.
- Superior Air Parts, Inc. IO-360 series reciprocating engines, either new, rebuilt,
overhauled, or repaired since 22 August, 2006, and/or with an affected fuel
injection servo installed either new, rebuilt, overhauled, or repaired since
22 August 2006.
- This AD also applies to any other Precision Airmotive LLC fuel injection servos
received since 22 August 2006, or any fuel injection servos that have had the fuel
injection servo plug, P/N 383493, removed during maintenance since
22 August 2006.


Not exactly all pistons

[nomorecatering]

We have 2 out of 4 Arrows affected, but should be a quick fix should they find nothing wrong.

Feel sorry for anyone out on a trip and far from engineering support. Engineers are going to be scrambling for a few days.

[PPRuNe Towers]

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