Service difficulty report · Tscu · Dhav DHC8102

Difficulty date
September 23, 2009
Submitted
December 1, 2009
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Dhav DHC8102
Aircraft time
47,688 hours
Engine
Pwa PW120A
Propeller
Hamstd 14SF7
Part
Tscu
Part number
30005000046
Condition
Failed
Location
Nr 1
Part time
48,988 hours
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
R
Precautionary procedure
E, A

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

What was found

(CAN) AFTER TAKEOFF NR 1 ENG MANUAL CAUTION LIGHT CAME ON. THIS WAS FOLLOWED BY A POWER ROLL BACK AND LOSS OF NR 1 TQ INDICATION. CREW FEATHERED ENG AND THEN SHUT IT DOWN. NR 1 TSCU (TORQUE SIGNAL CONDITIONING UNIT) WAS REPLACED AND ENG RUNS CARRIED OUT SUCCESSFULLY. ON THIS ENG MODEL TQ SIGNAL IS GENERATED BY TQ PROBE AND FED TO TSCU, TSCU IN TURN USES DATA FOR AUTOFEATHER SYS AND ALSO SENDS THE SIGNAL TO ENG ECU AS WELL AS THE TQ INDICATOR. TQ VALUE IS ONE OF SEVERAL PRIMARY DATA INPUTS TO THE ECU, THE ECU WILL REVERT TO MANUAL IF ANY ONE OF THE PRIMARY INPUTS ARE MISSING. ON THIS ENGINE MODEL THE ELECTRONIC FUEL SCHEDULE IS SET 20 PERCENT TQ HIGHER THAN MANUAL FUEL SCHEDULE, THEREFORE WHEN ECU GOES TO MANUAL IT IS NORMAL TO HAVE A 20 PERCENT TQ REDUCTION OR ROLL BACK. IN THIS CASE TQ SIGNAL OUTPUT FROM TSCU FAILED WHICH CAUSED BOTH LOSS OF TQ INDICATION AND ECU REVERTING TO MANUAL WITH CONSEQUENT PWR ROLL BACK.