Service difficulty report · Fuel Control · Braero HS7482A

Difficulty date
July 29, 1996
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Make and model
Braero HS7482A
Engine
Rroyce DART5342
Part
Fuel Control
Part number
CCU515106AS
Condition
Faulty
Location
#2 Engine
Component
Lucas
Stage of operation
DE
Nature of condition
Y
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

(CAN) IN DESCENT FROM 13,000 FEET WITH RPM AT 13,500, FUEL TRIM AT 20 PERCENT & FUEL HEAT IN MANUAL, AT 3,000 FEET #2 ENGINE STARTED TO AUTOFEATHER. THE PILOT TRIMMED UP 80 PERCENT & APPLIED FULL POWER, ENGINE WAS SLOW TO SPOOL UP. #2 ENGINE FUEL CONTROL WAS REPLACED, & THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE. THIS IS THE THIRD INSTANCE OF POWER FLUCTUATION WITH FUEL HEAT ON. THE AIRLINE IS TREATING THIS AS A RECURRING DEFECT. JETSTREAM HAS BEEN CONTACTED FOR INPUT. AIRLINE SUSPECTS OVERHEATING OF FUEL IN WARM OUTSIDE AIR TEMPERATURE (OAT), ALTHOUGH FLIGHT MANUAL DOES NOT SUPPLY A WARNING IN THIS REGARD, IT DOES NOTE THAT "WHEN OAT HAS NOT BEEN BELOW 5 DEGREES C THROUGHOUT THE FLIGHT, IT IS NOT NECESSARY TO CARRY OUT