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Long story short I had my first mag failure tonight while working on my 90 Day Currency. I was shooting a practice ILS and noticed a slight RPM drop with momentary roughness. It cleared up and I didn’t think twice about it until I started the engine after picking up some fuel.
When I tried to start the engine ran like it was coughing up a lung before stabilizing with a slight roughness. Some inner voice told me to check the mags and I found when I switched to L the engine would die. If I giggled the key slightly it would kick back running but would only last for a few seconds. So I decide against my wish to fly the short distance home and shut down.
I’m wondering if it’s the P Lead or if the switch is bad. We’ve been having a sometimes somewhat violent nose shimmy issue that I wonder if it’s shaken stuff loose. We haven’t been able to narrow it down in the last few weeks and it’s very intermittent.
When I tried to start the engine ran like it was coughing up a lung before stabilizing with a slight roughness. Some inner voice told me to check the mags and I found when I switched to L the engine would die. If I giggled the key slightly it would kick back running but would only last for a few seconds. So I decide against my wish to fly the short distance home and shut down.
I’m wondering if it’s the P Lead or if the switch is bad. We’ve been having a sometimes somewhat violent nose shimmy issue that I wonder if it’s shaken stuff loose. We haven’t been able to narrow it down in the last few weeks and it’s very intermittent.
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