Service difficulty report · Solenoid · Pilats PC1245

Difficulty date
May 14, 2007
Submitted
June 7, 2007
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Pilats PC1245
Aircraft time
4,577 hours
Engine
Pwa PT6A67B
Propeller
Hartzl HCE4A3D
Part
Solenoid
Condition
Stuck
Location
Feathering Sys
Component
Governor
Component part number
210949
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
R
Precautionary procedure
E

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

What was found

(CAN) PILOT INITIATED START FOLLOWING TURNAROUND AND NOTICED PROP RPM FOLLOWING START WAS ONLY AT 500 RPM AND NOT AT THE NORMAL, ABOVE 1000 RPM AT ENGINE IDLE. ALSO HAD EIS FLASHING AMBER AND RED ON EIS AS PROP WAS OPERATING BELOW 950 RPM. PROP WAS NOT COMING OUT OF FEATHER POSITION. PILOT SHUTDOWN ENGINE. INVESTIGATION REVEALED A STUCK OPEN PROP FEATHERING SOLENOID WHICH DID NOT ALLOW UNFEATHERING OF PROP. ONCE SOLENOID COOLED DOWN SOLENOID FUNCTIONED NORMALLY. REPLACED OVERSPEED GOVERNOR WITH REPAIRED AND TESTED UNIT. (TC# 20070516003)