Service difficulty report · Support Bracket · Beech 200BEECH

Difficulty date
February 28, 2009
Submitted
April 9, 2009
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Beech 200BEECH
Aircraft time
14,073 hours
Engine
Pwa PT642A
Propeller
Hartzl HCD4N3A
System (JASC)
7603 · Power Lever
Part
Support Bracket
Part number
1019400017
Condition
Cracked
Location
Throttle Cable
Part time
14,219 hours
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
F, R
Precautionary procedure
H, A

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

What was found

(CAN) THE FLIGHT CREW SNAGGED THE JOURNEY LOG WITH A DEFECT OF "AUTOFEATHER U/S". MX REPLACED THE HIGH PRESSURE AUTOFEATHER SWITCH. THE FLIGHT CREW REPORTED NO FURTHER PROBLEMS. 6 DAYS LATER A DIFFERENT FLIGHT CREW COMPLAINED OF AUTOFEATHER PROBLEMS ON FINAL APPROACH. MX CARRIED OUT RE-RIGGING AND THE FLIGHT CREW CARRIED OUT 2 MORE FLIGHTS AND THE NEXT DAY AGAIN REPORTED PROBLEMS WITH THE AUTOFEATHER SYS. AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE PROBLEM WITH THE AUTOFEATHER PROBLEM REVEALED A BROKEN THROTTLE CABLE SUPPORT BRACKET. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE IS UNKNOWN.