Service difficulty report · Fadec · Diamon DA42

Difficulty date
October 6, 2011
Submitted
October 6, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N198TS
Make and model
Diamon DA42
Aircraft serial
42AC002
Aircraft time
761 hours
Engine
Thielt TAE12501
Engine time
469 hours
Propeller
Mtprop MTV6A
Part
Fadec
Condition
Malfunctioned
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

RECEIVING INTERMITTENT ECU B FAILURE ON LT ENGINE. EVENT LOG SHOWS CAM SENSOR FAILURE. PROBLEM OCCURS RANDOMLY AND NOT BEEN ABLE TO ISOLATE TO PHASE OF FLIGHT OR OPERATING CONDITIONS. PILOT ABLE TO RESET AND CONTINUE WITH NO FURTHER ISSUES, BUT SPORADICALLY FADEC SERVICE TOOL MUST BE ABLE TO RESET WARNING. TESTING SHOWS THAT WITH THE WARNING PILOT IS ABLE TO FORCE ECU TO B WITH NORMAL ENGINE OPERATION. UPDATED SOFTWARE TO LATEST VERSION IAW WHICH DID NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM. THEN INSTALLED NEW FADEC PN 02-7610-55181R1, SN 3021, THIS DID NOT SOLVE ISSUE. CHECKED HARNESS IAW OM-02-01, VERSION 3/10 AND ALL READINGS WERE NOMINAL VALUES. INSTALLED NEW CAM SENSOR PN 02-7320-01101R1 IAW RM 02-01 VERSION 4/11 CHAPTER 12. THIS DID NOT RESOLVE ISSUE. [OPEN]

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