Service difficulty report · Engine

Difficulty date
November 17, 2011
Submitted
September 14, 2015
Operation
General aviation
Engine
Pwa PT642A
Part
Engine
Condition
Malfunctioned
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
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) DURING A RETURN FLIGHT, IN CLIMB MODE AT FL 700 FEET, PILOT OBSERVED ENG POWER FLUCTUATIONS WHICH SUBSEQUENTLY RETURNED TO NORMAL. PILOT CONTINUED TO CLIMB & AT FL 190 THE TORQUE INDICATION WENT TO MAX & POWER COULD NOT BE CONTROLLED BY THE PL. THE PILOT ELECTED TO SHUTDOWN ENG & MADE AN UNEVENTFUL SINGLE ENG LANDING. MFG WILL INVESTIGATE TO ESTABLISH ROOT CAUSE & SUPPLEMENT THE REPORT ONCE THE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE.