Piper PA-28-160 Cherokee, N5546W: Incident occu.Boeing 767-300, N651UA: Incidents occurred Dece.Thrush S2R-H80, N510KK: Accident occurred May 12.An engine runup was performed and the airplane was returned to service. The fuel mixture was adjusted at the fuel servo to obtain a 50 rpm rise and manifold pressure increased to 26 inches. On the morning of the accident, the spark plugs were cleaned, gapped, tested, and reinstalled. During the next flight, the crew was radioed and told the engine was backfiring, so they landed and returned the airplane to maintenance. The next day, the engine performance had improved, but it was still not producing adequate manifold pressure and maintenance personnel subsequently replaced the loose wire. They returned to the airport and maintenance personnel found a loose wire that was grounding one of the magnetos.
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Two days before the accident, they departed and planned to climb to 10,000 ft and utilize the turbo system, but the engine was not developing full power and the manifold pressure was low.
The pilot told him he had completed a checkout in a PA-24 in Texas, but it was not equipped with a turbocharger. According to a flight instructor, the pilot had recently purchased the airplane and wanted to fly with an instructor to familiarize himself with the RayJay turbocharger system before flying home to Texas.
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