Service difficulty report · Fcu · Beech A200C

Difficulty date
August 9, 2014
Submitted
August 10, 2014
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N301PT
Make and model
Beech A200C
Aircraft serial
BP28
Aircraft time
16,704 hours, 16,030 cycles
Engine
Pwa PT6A41
Engine time
17,422 hours, 15,345 cycles
Part
Fcu
Part number
3244755222114
Part serial
A62458
Condition
Failed
Location
Engine
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
R
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

INSTALLED NEW OVERHAULD FUEL CONTROL UNIT DURING MAINTENANCE. OVERHAULED UNIT THEN FAILED AFTER A FEW SUCCESSFUL ENGINE RUNS. THE SYMPTOMS OF FAILURE WERE SLUGGISH ACCELERATION ON THE FINAL SUCCESSFUL RUN, FOLLOWED BY MIN-FLOW STARTS, APPROXIMATELY 50 PERCENT N1.

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