Service difficulty report · Tach Generator · Beech 200BEECH

Difficulty date
December 3, 2005
Submitted
December 7, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N5ST
Make and model
Beech 200BEECH
Aircraft serial
BB489
Aircraft time
11,026 hours, 11,952 cycles
Engine
Pwa PT6A41
Propeller
Hartzl HCB3TN3
Part
Tach Generator
Part number
503890571
Part serial
40896
Condition
Defective
Location
Lt Propeller
Stage of operation
CL
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

SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF, THE PILOT NOTICED THE LT PROP RPM DROPPING. THE OTHER ENGINE INSTRUMENTS DID NOT SEEM TO BE AFFECTED, BUT THE PILOT THOUGHT THE ENGINE WAS LOOSING POWER. THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED AND LANDED AT THE SAME AIRPORT AS THE TAKEOFF. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE ENGINE WAS OPERATED ON THE GROUND FOR TROUBLESHOOTING AND THE PROPELLER WAS INDICATING 9100 RPM AT IDLE. MAINTENANCE TROUBLESHOOTING AND FOUND THE PROP TACH GENERATOR TO BE DEFECTIVE.