Service difficulty report · Eec · Amd FALCONF

Difficulty date
August 26, 2003
Submitted
August 27, 2003
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N312K
Make and model
Amd FALCONF
Aircraft serial
324
Aircraft time
7,808 hours, 4,838 cycles
Engine
Garrtt TFE7315BR
Engine time
4,646 hours, 2,678 cycles
Part
Eec
Part number
211800260
Part serial
81A0018
Condition
Defective
Location
Nr 2 Engine
Part time
4,890 hours, 2,814 cycles
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
X, J
Precautionary procedure
D

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

DURING TAXI, NR 2 ENG EXPERIENCED AN UN-COMMANDED ENG SHUTDOWN. CREW OBSERVED THE ENG COMPUTER 2 CB (201E2) HAD TRIPPED. POWER LEVER WAS PUT IN CUT-OFF, A/C RETURNED TO RAMP. INSP OF NR 2 ENG INTAKE AND EXHAUST AREAS WAS NORMAL. MAINT TROUBLESHOOTING REVEALED NR 2 DIGITAL ELECTRONIC ENGINE CONTROL (DEEC) TO BE DEFECTIVE. CB COULD NOT BE RESET; IN ADDITION THE DEFECTIVE DEEC CAUSED EMERGENCY BATTERY (93E2) CIRCUIT BREAKER TO OPEN. THE DEFECTIVE PART WAS REPLACED WITH A SERVICEABLE UNIT, CIRCUIT BREAKERS WERE RESET AND DEEC WAS ADJUSTED / TESTED IAW MFG SPECIFICATIONS AND AC WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE. ABOVE MALFUNCTION SHOULD HAVE CAUSED ENG TO TRANSFER TO MANUAL MODE AND NOT CAUSED AN ENGINE SHUTDOWN.