Service difficulty report · Actuator · Diamon DA42NG

Difficulty date
January 22, 2019
Submitted
January 29, 2019
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N131TS
Make and model
Diamon DA42NG
Aircraft serial
42073
Aircraft time
4,951 hours
Engine
Austro E4
Engine time
236 hours
Propeller
Mtprop MTV6R
Part
Actuator
Part number
E4A41120000080
Condition
Failed
Location
Rt Engine
Part time
236 hours
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

ON UPWIND DEPARTURE THE RIGHT ENGINE ECU FAILURE B CAME UP. PILOTS CAME BACK AND LANDED. RT ENGINE ECU FAILURE. CODE WAS 1E12, BOOST PRESSURE OPERATING RANGE. THIS INDICATES AN OVER BOOST SITUATION. THE PILOT DID NOT NOTICE ANYTHING ABNORMAL. THE WASTE GATE ACTUATOR DIAPHRAGM HAD FAILED. WASTE GATE ACTUATOR FAILED PREMATURELY BEFORE THE FAA AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE COMPLIANCE TIME. FAILURE OF COMPONENT WAS 235.5 AND COMPLIANCE CHANGE TIME IS 250.0, TIME THAT WAS LEFT WAS 14.5 HRS LEFT.

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