Service difficulty report · Shaft · Diamon DA42NG

Difficulty date
October 13, 2017
Submitted
October 13, 2017
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N131TS
Make and model
Diamon DA42NG
Aircraft serial
42AC073
Aircraft time
4,375 hours
Engine
Austro E4
Engine time
447 hours
Propeller
Mtprop MTV6R
Part
Shaft
Condition
Sheared
Location
Waste Gate Act
Part time
447 hours
Stage of operation
CL
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

DURING A POWER ON STALL, THE PILOTS HAD A PARTIAL POWER LOSS. ENGINE WAS AT 65 - 70 PERCENT AND WHEN THE POWER WAS INTRODUCED, THE LEFT ENGINE WENT TO 45 PERCENT WHILE THE RIGHT ENGINE WAS AT 100 PERCENT. BROUGHT THE POWER BACK AND ADVANCED THE POWER AGAIN AND RECEIVED 35 PERCENT POWER OUT OF THE LEFT ENGINE, NO ABNORMALITIES OF THE RIGHT ENGINE. RETURNED TO THE AIRPORT AND PERFORMED A VISUAL INSPECTION AND FOUND THAT THE WASTE GATE ACTUATOR SHAFT HAD SHEARED.

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