Service difficulty report · Actuator · Bombdr DHC8402

Difficulty date
May 25, 2006
Submitted
June 22, 2006
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Bombdr DHC8402
Aircraft time
45,421 hours
Engine
Pwa PW120A
Propeller
Hamstd 14SF7
Part
Actuator
Part number
JV5
Condition
Inoperative
Location
Autofeather Sys
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
D

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

What was found

(CAN) DURING PRE-FLIGHT CHECKS WHEN PROP AUTOFEATHER, ON EITHER ENG, WAS SET TO TEST AND PWR LEVER ADVANCED, PROP WOULD GO INTO TEST (FEATHER) AND STAY THERE, RELEASING TEST SWITCH, SETTING PWR LEVERS TO IDLE DID NOT UN-FEATHER PROP. AUTOFEATHER SELECT SWITCH HAD TO BE SET TO (OFF) FOR SYS TO RETURN TO NORMAL. AUTOFEATHER WOULD ARM NORMALLY WHEN PWR LEVERS WERE ADVANCED TO TAKEOFF PWR, PROBLEM ONLY OCCURRED WHEN SYS WAS SET TO TEST. SYS WAS DE-ACTIVATED, AC WAS OPERATED UNDER MEL. MAINT FOUND PIECE OF ACTUATOR (JV5) FOR NR 1 PWR CNTRL MICROSWITCH (S13) HAD BROKEN OFF, WAS KEEPING MICOSWITCH (S13) CLOSED ALL THE TIME. MICROSWITCH AND ACTUATOR WERE REPLACED, AUTOFEATHER SYS TESTED NORMAL.