SDR 98ZZZX3032

Service difficulty report · Transfer Tube · Cvac 440

Difficulty date
July 29, 1998
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N39
Make and model
Cvac 440
Aircraft serial
480
Propeller
Allsn A6441FN606
Part
Transfer Tube
Part number
6888502
Condition
Plugged
Location
Nr 2 Propeller
Stage of operation
CR
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

AIRCRAFT WAS FLYING LOCAL WHEN THE PILOT NOTICED NR 2 PROP STARTING TO OVERSPEED. PILOT USED EMERGENCY PROCEDURES TO SHUT DOWN NR 2 ENGINE AND FEATHER NR 2 PROP. NR 2 PROP DID NOT FEATHER. PILOT DECLARED EMERGENCY, ACFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. UPON INSPECTION OF NR 2 NACELLE, FOUND EVIDENCE OF LEAKING PROP OIL. WHEN FEATHERING RESERVOIR REMOVED, ONE TRANSFER TUBE FELL OUT OF PROP HUB. UPON CLOSER INSPECTION OF TRANSFER TUBE, FOUND IT CLOGGED WITH PLASTIC. THIS CLOG MOVED THE TUBE, THEN DUMPED THE PROP OIL. REPLACED PROP HUB AND BLADES, FEATHERED RESERVOIR, AND REGULATOR.