What was found
ENGINE SLOW TO START, HANGING AT 33 PERCENT 50+ SECONDS TO START. CHANGED ACFT BATTERY SAME RESULTS. CALIBRATED FCU STARTS AT 38 SECONDS.
- Difficulty date
- December 14, 2016
- Submitted
- December 16, 2016
- Operation
- General aviation
- Aircraft
- N850VT
- Make and model
- Socata TBM700
- Aircraft serial
- 389
- Aircraft time
- 1,326 hours, 1,018 cycles
- Engine
- Pwa PT6A66
- Engine time
- 1,326 hours, 1,018 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 7321 · Fuel Control/Turbine Engines
- Part
- Fuel Control
- Part number
- 8063063
- Part serial
- 14443938
- Condition
- Malfunctioned
- Location
- Engine
- Part time
- 1,326 hours, 1,018 cycles
- Stage of operation
- TX
- How discovered
- 9
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- O
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.