Service difficulty report · Air Filter · Piper PA31T

Difficulty date
January 30, 2002
Submitted
March 4, 2002
Operation
Air carrier
Make and model
Piper PA31T
Aircraft time
8,692 hours
Engine
Pwa PT6A28
Part
Air Filter
Part number
3029267
Condition
Failed
Location
Engine
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
R, E, J
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

(CAN) AFTER ENGINE START, ENGINE STABILIZE AT 52 PERCENT NG IDLE. SUDDENLY, WITHOUT MOVING ANY CONTROLS, NG WENT DOWN & STUCK AT 40 PERCENT. NG ON FCU MIN FUEL FLOW. WAS UNABLE TO HAVE CONTROL ON ENGINE. ONLY WAY TO REGAIN CONTROL ON ENGINE TO STOP IT & TO RESTART & AFTER THAT PROBLEM INTERMITTENT. AFTER INVESTIGATION, FOUND SMALL ROUND OF GLUE, LIKE PASTILLE IN P3 FILTER. ANY WAY TO TAKEOFF PASTILLE, SO WE THINK THAT IT WAS PART OF FILTER. SO, PASTILLE SOME TIME WENT UP & OBSTRUCTED P3 LINE ON PT6'S, WHEN YOU LOOSE P3 AIR, YOU LOOSE YOUR CONTROL ON ENGINE & FCU GO TO HIS MIN FUEL FLOW SETTING.

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