Service difficulty report · Engine

Difficulty date
July 31, 2019
Submitted
August 17, 2020
Operation
General aviation
Engine
Pwa PT6*
Part
Engine
Condition
Malfunctioned
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
Z
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

(CAN) APPROXIMATELY 5-10 MINUTES AFTER TAKEOFF, THE PILOT HEARD AN AUDIBLE SPIN UP FROM THE PROPELLER FOLLOWED BY A SLIGHT SHUDDER OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE PROPELLER SPEED THEN DECAYED BACK TO SOMEWHERE IN THE 1500 RPM RANGE FOLLOWED BY YELLOW PROPELLER RPM CAS MESSAGE. THE PROPELLER RPM MESSAGE AND WARNING REMAINED ILLUMINATED FOR APPROXIMATELY 15 SECONDS AND THEN CLEARED. THE PILOT MENTIONED THE ENGINE WAS AT A VERY REDUCED POWER SETTING FROM THE TIME THE TURN BACK WAS INITIATED UNTIL LANDING. A NORMAL LANDING WAS PERFORMED WITH NO OTHER DISCREPANCIES. (TC# 20190821002)