SDR 99ZZZX540

Service difficulty report · Prop Assy · Piper PA31350

Difficulty date
January 21, 1999
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N27755
Make and model
Piper PA31350
Aircraft serial
317852148
Propeller
Hartzl HCE3YR2
Part
Prop Assy
Condition
Failed
Location
Lt Engine
Part time
2,619 hours
Stage of operation
LD
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

ON LANDING APPROACH, PILOT PULLED POWER BACK TO APPROXIMATELY 25 INCHES AND NOTICED LEFT PROPELLER RPM CONTINUED TO DECREASE TO APPROXIMATELY 1,500 RPM. RE-POSITIONING THE PROPELLER LEVER SEEMED TO MAKE NO CHANGE. ENGINE POWER SEEMED OK. DID NOT TRY TO FEATHER. PROPELLER RPM SEEMED TO STABILIZE AT 1,500 JUST PRIOR TO LANDING. MAINTENANCE GROUND RAN TO FULL THROTTLE, ENGINE MADE APPROXIMATELY 34 INCHES, BUT PROP RPM STAYED AT 1,500. REPLACED PROP. FOUND CENTER TUBE STUCK AFT APPROX .75 INCH. PROP TO BE SHIPPED TO REPAIR STA TO INSPECT/REPAIR AND DETERMINE CAUSE OF FAILURE.

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