Service difficulty report · Fcu · Hughes 369D

Difficulty date
May 10, 2012
Submitted
May 11, 2012
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N315SH
Make and model
Hughes 369D
Aircraft serial
1120D
Engine
Allsn 250C10
Part
Fcu
Part number
23070606
Part serial
85240010
Condition
Inoperative
Location
Engine
Part time
3,489 hours
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
R, J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

WHILE IN FLIGHT, ACFT RPM`S AND N2 CLIMBED QUICKLY. RAISED COLLECTIVE AND ROLLED THROTTLE DOWN UNTIL THE RPM`S STABILIZED. ACFT RETURNED TO DEPARTURE AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. TROUBLESHOT SYS, FOUND THE FUEL CONTROL WAS NOT FUNCTIONING PROPERLY. A REPLACEMENT FUEL CONTROL WAS INSTALLED, ACFT GROUND RUN AND FLIGHT CHECKED AND NO PROBLEMS WERE NOTED.