Service difficulty report · Power Lever · Cessna 208B

Difficulty date
July 22, 2019
Submitted
July 31, 2019
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N920FE
Make and model
Cessna 208B
Aircraft serial
208B0020
Aircraft time
14,592 hours, 16,654 cycles
Engine
Pwa PT6A114A
Engine time
82 hours, 112 cycles
Propeller
Hartzl HCB3TN3
System (JASC)
7603 · Power Lever
Part
Power Lever
Condition
Out Of Rig
Location
Zone 400
Stage of operation
TO
How discovered
C
Nature of condition
R
Precautionary procedure
C

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

What was found

DURING POST COMPRESSOR WASH ENGINE RUN MAINTENANCE FOUND PROP STARTING TO GO INTO BETA WHEN THE POWER LEVER WAS AT THE GATE. THE MECHANIC DETERMINED THE ENGINE CONTROLS WERE OUT OF RIG AND ADJUSTED REAR CLEVIS AND 11" ROD AS NEEDED AND SAFETIED. OPERATIONAL CHECK GOOD AT THE TIME. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RELEASED FOR A MAINTENANCE CHECK FLIGHT FOR AUTOPILOT SERVO MAINTENANCE. AFTER TAKE-OFF AT ABOUT 100’ AGL THE ENGINE POWER ROLLED BACK UN-COMMANDED TO MIN FLOW (FLIGHT IDLE) AND LANDED UNEVENTFULLY. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED THE ENGINE CONTROLS AND DETERMINED FURTHER ADJUSTMENTS WERE NEEDED. RE-RIGGED POWER LEVER, INPUT LEVER, TRACK POINT AND RE-ADJUSTED FORWARD REVERSE LINKAGE AND REAR CLEVIS. RAN ENGINE AT TAKE OFF POWER FOR 5 MINUTES. OPS CHECK GOOD. ALL ABOVE ITEMS SAFETIED AND COTTER PINNED AS REQUIRED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RELEASED FOR FLIGHT TO COMPLETE THE ORIGINAL AUTOPILOT CHECK. THE FLIGHT WAS NORMAL, AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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