Service difficulty report · Bearing · Piper PA34200T

Difficulty date
August 27, 2004
Submitted
March 3, 2005
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Piper PA34200T
Aircraft time
3,051 hours
Engine
Cont LTSIO360EB
Part
Bearing
Condition
Destroyed
Location
Governor
Component
Governor · Woodward
Component part number
210658
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
9
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

(CAN) PILOT REPORTED MINOR DIFFICULTY IN MAINTAINING A CONSTANT: RPM SELECTION, RPM WOULD WANDER +/- 50 RPM (RT SIDE. PROPS NEW. CONTROL LINKAGE AND GOVERNORS INSPECTED, NIL DEFECTS FOUND. GOVERNOR SENT TO O/H SHOP FOR REPAIR. O/H SHOP STATES BEARING DESTROYED. HOUSING, BODY, BASE IDLER AND DRIVE GEARS ALL DAMAGED DUE TO FAILED BEARING. PARTS AVAILABLE AT THE FACILITY. GOVERNOR REPLACED WITH O/H UNIT.

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