Service difficulty report · Engine · Dhav DHC8311

Difficulty date
December 9, 2013
Submitted
September 14, 2015
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Dhav DHC8311
Aircraft time
34,899 hours
Engine
Pwa PW123
Propeller
Hamstd 14SF23
Part
Engine
Condition
Overtorqued
Location
Nr 2
Part time
45,730 hours
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
E, D

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

What was found

(CAN) WHILE ATTEMPTING TO UNFEATHER THE NR 2 PROPELLER, FLIGHT CREW REPORTED 124 PERCENT OF TORQUE ON THE NR 2 ENGINE. SOLID STATE FLIGHT DATA RECORDER (SSFDR) WAS DOWNLOADED AND ENGINE DATA FORWARDED TO THE ENGINE MFG. SSFDR DATA ANALYSIS CONFIRMED THE OVERTORQUE. ENGINE OVERTORQUE INSPECTION 05-50-00 WAS COMPLETED, NR 2 OVERSPEED GOVERNOR, ELECTRONIC ENGINE CONTROL UNIT AND PROPELLER ASSY WERE REPLACED, PROPELLER CONTROL UNITS AND TRANSFER TUBES SWAPPED, ENGINE RUNS PERFORMED AND THE ACFT RELEASED INTO SERVICE.