Safety record in brief:1 NTSB accident (substantial damage, Apr 2003)No ADs since 1998 matched1 service difficulty report
We never show street addresses, even though they appear in the public FAA file. Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Total time and engine hours aren't public. They appear here once the owner adds logbooks.
Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
The loss of engine power due to the failure of the left magneto and the pilot's failure to identify the malfunctioning magneto. A factor to the accident was the soft terrain condition encountered during the forced landing.
From NTSB records; matched by serial number.Read NTSB report (search CAROL for CHI03LA100)
These match the airframe or engine model. Whether each one applies, and whether it's been complied with, depends on serial numbers, equipment and logbook entries. Applicability must be confirmed by a mechanic against the aircraft's records.
No ADs published since 1998 matched this airframe or engine model.
AI-extracted — verify against original. Matched from each AD's applicability section; ADs replaced by a later AD are left out.
Reports of failures and defects that operators and repair stations sent to the FAA since 1995. A report describes one finding; it is not an accident.
THE KEEPER FOR THE MAGNETO TIMING GEAR WAS FOUND LOOSE IN THE MAG CASE. THE KEEPER, TIMING GEAR KEY WAY AND SHAFT KEY WAY SLOT WERE ALL FOUND WORN. THIS WAS A 1961 ENGINE, WITH 1876 HOURS TT. NO RECORD OF MAG MAINTENANCE COULD BE LOCATED. KEY PN 10-907-88-5.
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number.