Service difficulty report · Engine

Difficulty date
January 25, 2010
Submitted
March 1, 2010
Operation
General aviation
Engine
Pwa PW530A
Part
Engine
Condition
Flamed Out
Location
Engine
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
X, J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

(CAN) AFTER A LONG APPROACH WITH THE ENGINES AT IDLE AND OAT OF -25 DEGREES C, 1 ENGINE FLAMED OUT UNCOMMANDED. AN UNEVENTFUL SINGLE ENGINE LANDING FOLLOWED. POST FLIGHT GROUND RUNS FOUND NO PROBLEMS WITH THE ENGINE. TROUBLESHOOTING IS ON-GOING, THE OPERATOR IS PLANNING TO REPLACE THE FUEL CONTROL AFTER A RETURN TO BASE. MFG WILL INVESTIGATE TO ESTABLISH ROOT CAUSE AND SUPPLEMENT THE REPORT ONCE THE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE. (TC 20100203003)