Service difficulty report · Sense Line · Beech 1900D

Difficulty date
August 2, 2006
Submitted
August 15, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N139ZV
Make and model
Beech 1900D
Aircraft serial
UE139
Aircraft time
23,589 hours, 31,817 cycles
Engine
Pwa PT6A67D
Part
Sense Line
Part number
3033260
Condition
Broken
Location
Zone 400
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
R, X, J
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

ON SHORT FINAL, CREW NOTED A NR 2 ENGINE SURGE, THEN THE ENGINE SEEMED TO QUIT. THE PROP AUTOFEATHER SYSTEM WORKED CORRECTLY AND THE PROP FEATHERED. AFTER LANDING, THE CREW REPORTED THE ENGINE RESTARTED WITHOUT INPUT FROM THE CREW, BUT THE PROP REMAINED FEATHERED. THE CREW THEN SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE. THE P3 LINE FROM THE FCU TO THE P3 FILTER BOWL WAS FOUND BROKEN AT THE FERRULE ON THE FCU END. IT IS SURMISED THE ENGINE DIDN'T SHUT DOWN, BUT DECELERATED TO MIN FUEL FLOW ONCE THE P3 LINE BROKE, AND THE PROP AUTOFEATHERED. THE ENGINE CONTINUED TO RUN AND ONCE ON THE GROUND, THE ENGINE EGT AND RPM WERE NOTED. THE CREW THEN SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE AND TAXIED IN. THE CLAMP AND BRACKET AT THE MIDDLE OF THE LINE WA

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