Service difficulty report · Orifice

Difficulty date
February 2, 2009
Submitted
April 9, 2009
Operation
General aviation
Engine
Allsn 250C20B
Part
Orifice
Part number
2525841
Condition
Dirty
Location
Overspeed Bleed
Component
Pt Governor
Component part number
252476914
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
R
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

(CAN) ENGINE PWR LOST WITH N2/NR SPEED DECELERATING TO ABOUT 90 PERCENT DURING LEVEL CRUISE FLIGHT AT 2000 FT. PILOT PROCEEDED TO EXECUTE SUCCESSFUL EMERGENCY LANDING. MX INSPECTED THE FUEL SYS FINDING NO APPARENT FAULT. A GROUND RUN WAS PERFORMED SATISFACTORILY. AS A PRECAUTION, FCU, PT GOVERNOR AND FUEL NOZZLE WERE REPLACED. ACFT RETURNED TO SERVICE. FURTHER INVESTIGATION IN O/H SHOP CONCLUDED THAT THE MOST PROBABLE CAUSE OF THE DECELERATION WAS CONTAMINANTS DISLODGED FROM THE PT GOVERNOR OVERSPEED BLEED ORIFICE AND MOMENTARILY TRAPPED BETWEEN THE O/S LEVER AND THE ORIFICE SEAT, BLEEDING OFF "PY" DIRECTLY FROM THE FCU, FOR WHICH THE GOVERNING SECTION OF THE PT GOVERNOR COULD NOT TOTALLY COMPENSATE FOR. THE PT GOVERNOR TSO=1673.1 HRS