Service difficulty report · Governor · Bnorm BN2B21

Difficulty date
February 24, 2009
Submitted
March 5, 2009
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Bnorm BN2B21
Aircraft time
10,804 hours
Engine
Lyc IO540K1B5
Propeller
Hartzl HCC2YK2
Part
Governor
Part number
G210659M
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Propeller
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
F
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

ON GROUND RUN, RT PROP WOULD NOT FEATHER. OTHER PITCH CHANGE FUNCTIONS WORKED NORMALLY. INITIALLY THE PROP WAS REPLACED WITH SIMILAR RESULTS THE GOVERNOR WAS THEN REPLACED WITH A SERVICEABLE UNIT FROM ANOTHER AIRCRAFT AND THE PROP PITCH/FEATHER FUNCTIONED NORMALLY. THE SUSPECT GOVERNOR WILL BE SENT FOR ANALYSIS AND LIKELY OVERHAUL.