SDR 96ZZZX6150

Service difficulty report · Prop Assy · Dhav DHC8201

Difficulty date
November 1, 1996
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N989HA
Make and model
Dhav DHC8201
Aircraft serial
427
Propeller
Hamstd 14SF23
Part
Prop Assy
Condition
Overtorque
Location
Nr 2 Engine
Part time
1,761 hours
Stage of operation
CL
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

FLT 3180, TPA TO PBI - AFTER TAKEOFF, POWER UPTRIM LIGHT FLICKERED ON, NR 1 TQ FLUXED PLUS OR MINUS 5 PERCENT, SECONDS LATER THE NR 2 PROP FEATHERED. NR 2 TQ WAS HIGH FOR TWO SECONDS BEFORE POWER WAS REDUCED. NR 2 ENGINE CONTINUED TO RUN WITH ALL OTHER INDICATIONS NORMAL. THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO TPA AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. REMOVED AND REPLACED THE NR 2 TORQUE SENSOR, NR 2 TORQUE SIGNAL CONDITIONING UNIT (TSCU), AND NR 2 PROP ASSEMBLY. INTERROGATED TORQUE INDICATOR. NO OVERTORQUE FAULTS FOUND. REFERENCE: OPERATOR CONTROL NRS: HNAA9698974 AND NR 96ZZZX149.