Service difficulty report · Transmitter · Dhav DHC8102

Difficulty date
August 11, 2013
Submitted
September 14, 2015
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Dhav DHC8102
Aircraft time
52,569 hours
Engine
Pwa PW120A
Propeller
Hamstd 14SF7
Part
Transmitter
Part number
H502A
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Synchro
Stage of operation
TO
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
C

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

What was found

(CAN) ON TAKEOFF ROLL L1 SPOILER ON PFCS FAILED TO RETRACT. ALL PFCS INDICATIONS NORMAL ON FLIGHT CONTROL CHECK PRIOR TO TAKEOFF RUN. DID RUN UP IN THE TAKEOFF CONFIGURATION AND THE SPOILER DOES RETRACT AS POWER LEVER ABLE IS ADVANCED TOWARD TAKEOFF POWER HOWEVER, L1 SPOILER ON PFCS FAILS TO INDICATE RETRACTED. MAINTENANCE WAS PERFORMED ON ACFT AND FOUND THE LT INBD SPOILER SYNCRO TRANSMITTER AT FAULT. SYNCRO TRANSMITTER REPLACED AND TESTED SERVICEABLE, ACFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.