Service difficulty report · Screw · Swrngn SA226TC

Difficulty date
September 3, 2014
Submitted
March 12, 2015
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Swrngn SA226TC
Aircraft time
21,134 hours
Engine
Garrtt TPE33110UA
Propeller
Hartzl HCB3TN5
Part
Screw
Part number
A2626
Condition
Damaged
Location
Propeller
Part time
1,344 hours
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
X
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) FOLLOWING NORMAL TAKEOFF, ON CLIMBOUT PASSING 7500FT THE FLIGHT CREW EXPERIENCED AN OVERSPEED ON THE RT ENGINE, THE PROPELLER SPEED LEVER WAS PULLED BACK TO REDUCE PROPELLER RPM WITH NO EFFECT. THE END RESULT WAS THE FCU OVERSPEED GOVERNOR HELD THE ENGINE AT 104 PERCENT AS IT SHOULD. THE CREW THEN FOLLOWED THE EMERGENCY CHECKLIST SHUTDOWN PROCEDURE ON THE RT ENGINE, HOWEVER, ALTHOUGH THE ENGINE SHUTDOWN, THE PROPELLER WOULD NOT FEATHER OR DECREASE BELOW 70 PERCENT RPM. AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED AND THE ACFT DIVERTED. FOLLOWING A SAFE SINGLE ENGINE LANDING, THE ACFT WAS TAKEN TO MAINTENANCE FACILITY AND THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM WAS INVESTIGATED. INITIAL INVESTIGATION FOUND THE PROPELLER WAS STUCK MIDWAY BETWEEN FULLY FINE AND FEATHER WHICH EXPLAINED THE PROPELLER NOT REDUCING BELOW 70 PERCENT RPM ON SHUTDOWN. ATTEMPTS TO MOVE THE PROPELLER TO FEATHER FAILED. THE PROPELLER WAS MOVED BACK ONTO THE START LOCKS WITH THE UNFEATHER PUMP AND IT WAS FOUND THAT THE HEAD OF 1 OF THE PISTON GUIDE ROD STOP SCREWS, REF PROP MM 118F ILLUSTRATED PARTS LIST ITEM 1280, FIGURE 10-69 HAD BROKEN OFF AND JAMMED IN THE START LOCK HOUSING, ITEM 1030 OF THE ILLUSTRATED PARTS LIST IN THE AREA OF THE START LOCK PLUNGER. THE RESULT WAS THE PROP WAS INITIALLY JAMMED IN FINE PITCH BUT WHEN IT WAS FEATHERED MOVED HALFWAY AND THEN JAMMED AGAIN IN THE POSITION THE PROPELLER WAS FOUND IN ON SHUTDOWN. THE THEORY WAS PROVEN BY INSTALLING A LOANER PROPELLER AND RUNNING THE ENGINE WHICH PERFORMED AND FUNCTIONED NORMALLY. THE PROBLEM CAUSED THE RT ENGINE TO EXCEED ITS OVERSPEED LIMIT AND WILL REQUIRE ITS REMOVAL TO HAVE A STRIP DOWN AND OVERSPEED INSPECTION. THE PROPELLER OVERSPEED FALLS INTO THE NO ACTION REQUIRED CATEGORY FOR THE PERCENT AND TIME OF THE OVERSPEED BUT WILL NEED REPLACEMENT OF THE DAMAGED START LOCK ASSY. A FLEET WIDE CHECK WILL BE CARRIED OUT OF ALL OUR ACFT, IF ANY FURTHER SIMILAR FAULTS ARE FOUND THEY WILL BE ADDED TO THIS REPORT.