Service difficulty report · Control Arm · Beech 200BEECH

Difficulty date
August 9, 2002
Submitted
October 2, 2002
Operation
Air carrier
Make and model
Beech 200BEECH
Aircraft time
17,524 hours
Engine
Pwa PT6A41
Propeller
Hartzl HCD4N3A
Part
Control Arm
Condition
Obstructed
Location
Fuel Control
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
E, J
Precautionary procedure
E, A

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

What was found

(CAN) ON APPROACH, PILOT BROUGHT BACK POWER LEVERS, NR 2 ENG REACTED NORMALLY, THE NR 1 ENG INCREASED. THE PILOT MOVED THE NR 1 ENG POWER LEVER FWD AND ENG WENT BACK TO WHAT THEY HAD BEEN BEFORE APPROACH. NR 1 POWER LEVER MOVED SEVERAL TIMES, EACH TIME THE ENGINE REACTED THE SAME, ENG WAS FEATHERED AND SHUTDOWN. AFTER LANDING, AIRCRAFT WAS TOWED OFF THE RUNWAY DUE TO PILOT COULDN`T MAINTAIN PROPER STEERAGE. THE STARTER GEN TERMINAL BLOCK COVER HAD COME OFF AND HAD FALLEN ONTO THE ENG CONTROL LINKAGE AND LANDED IN SUCH A WAY THAT WHEN THE POWER LEVER WAS BROUGHT BACK, IT FORCED THE FCU CONTROL ARM FWD INCREASING POWER. THE TERMINAL BLOCK COVER WAS REMOVED AND AN ENGINE RUN-UP, OPS WERE NORMAL.