Service difficulty report · Eec · Aerosp ATR72

Difficulty date
November 2, 2015
Submitted
April 22, 2016
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Aerosp ATR72
Engine
Pwa PW127
Part
Eec
Condition
Faulted
Location
Nr 1 Engine
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

(CAN) WHILE SETTING TAKEOFF POWER AS THE PILOT GRADUALLY ADVANCED THE THROTTLE, AN ELECTRONIC ENGINE CONTROL 1 FAULT WAS TRIGGERED. THE TAKEOFF WAS ABORTED AND THE ACFT SAFELY VACATED THE RUNWAY. THE ACFT SYS WENT BACK TO NORMAL AFTER RESETTING THE ELECTRONIC ENGINE CONTROL FAULT HOWEVER FURTHER TROUBLESHOOTING WILL BE PERFORMED TO IDENTIFY THE REASON FOR THE FAULT.