Service difficulty report · Ecu · Diamon DA42

Difficulty date
April 29, 2010
Submitted
April 30, 2010
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N430MS
Make and model
Diamon DA42
Aircraft serial
42066
Aircraft time
846 hours
Engine
Thielt TAE12501
Engine time
846 hours
Propeller
Mtprop MTV6A
Part
Ecu
Part number
02761055181R1
Part serial
2057
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Zone 400
Part time
846 hours
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
R, P
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

AFTER A SERIES OF 3 POWER OFF STALLS (BOTH GEAR/FLAPS UP & DOWN), APPLICATION OF FULL THROTTLE (IN ORDER TO RECOVER) RESULTED IN 65 TO 75 PERCENT POWER (MAX,100 PERCENT POWER NOT AVAILABLE) 2 OUT OF 3 ATTEMPTS, RT ENGINE, OPERATED NORMALLY. THIS WAS THE SECOND FLIGHT WITH THE SAME RESULTS. ELECTRONIC ENGINE CONTROL (ECU) OR SOFTWARE APPEARS TO BE THE PROBLEM, HOWEVER, THERE WAS NO MALFUNCTION NOTED ON EITHER THE INSTRUMENT PANEL AT THE TIME OF THE MALFUNCTION OR DID WE NOTE AN ERROR CODE WHEN THE FLIGHT DATA WAS DOWNLOADED AND FORWARDED TO THE MFG TECHNICAL SERVICE. WHAT IS MOST ALARMING IS THAT THE MFG TECH PERSON HAVE BEEN AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM FOR SOME TIME, YET NO INFORMATION WAS DISTRIBUTED THROUGH NORMAL CHANNELS TO ADVISE ACFT OPERATORS OF THE DISCREPANCY. ACCORDING TO THE TECH REP THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING PROBLEM SPECIFICALLY WITH FLIGHT TRAINING ACFT AFTER STALLS HAVE BEEN PRACTICED.

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