What was found
PILOT REPORTED, WENT THRU SEVERE TURBULANCE AND LOST GOVERNOR CONTROL. ENGINE WENT TO 2575 RPM. TROUBLESHOT UNIT, COULD NOT DUPLICATE, OPERATED AND CHECKED WITH PROP TACH. OPENED ON GROUND.
- Difficulty date
- July 15, 2003
- Submitted
- July 23, 2003
- Operation
- General aviation
- Aircraft
- N3539S
- Make and model
- Piper PA31325
- Aircraft serial
- 317912119
- Engine
- Lyc TIO540J2BD
- Propeller
- Hartzl HCE3YR2
- System (JASC)
- 6122 · Propeller Governor
- Part
- Governor
- Condition
- Inoperative
- Location
- Propeller
- Part time
- 200 hours
- Stage of operation
- NR
- How discovered
- 9
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- O
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.