What was found
ON APPROACH, ENGINE TORQUE COULD NOT BE REDUCED BELOW 40 PERCENT. THE ENGINE WAS SHUT DOWN IN FLIGHT. SUBSEQUENT INVESTIGATION REVEALED A CONTAMINATED TORQUE SENSOR CONNECTOR.
- Difficulty date
- November 13, 2005
- Submitted
- June 6, 2006
- Operation
- General aviation
- Make and model
- Aerosp ATR42300
- Engine
- Pwa PW120
- System (JASC)
- 7712 · Engine BMEP/Torque Indicating
- Part
- Connector
- Condition
- Contaminated
- Location
- Torque Sensor
- Component
- Engine Bmep/Tor
- Stage of operation
- AP
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- N
- Precautionary procedure
- E
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.