# SDR COEA2009102104919

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: October 21, 2009
- Submitted: October 22, 2009
- Operation: Air carrier
- Aircraft: [N919FX](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N919FX), registered now
- Make and model: Aerosp ATR 42-300
- Registry model: [Aerosp ATR 42-300](https://openairdocs.org/model/aerospatiale-aeritalia-atr-42-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Aircraft serial: 266
- Aircraft time: 25,896 hours, 33,364 cycles
- Engine: Pwa PW120
- System (JASC): [7297 · Turbine Engine System Wiring](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/7297)
- Part: Connector
- Condition: Loose
- Location: Nr 2 Engine
- Part time: 25,388 hours, 26,855 cycles
- Stage of operation: CL
- How discovered: O
- Nature of condition: J
- Precautionary procedure: E
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COEA2009102104919

## Discrepancy

ENGINE SHUTDOWN:  WHEN CLIMBING TO CRUISE PWR NR 2 ENG TORQUE BECAME ERRATIC WITH PWR CHANGES.  CREW NOTICED THE RT ENGINE APPEARED TO BE SURGING OUT OF CONTROL.  PILOT ELECTED SHUTDOWN NR 2 ENG.   NO EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED.  T/S FOUND CONNECTOR FOR TSC, ECU, HMU AND ENGINE OILY AND LOOSE.  REMOVED, CLEANED AND RE-INSTALLED CONNECTOR AND REPAIRED BROKEN WIRE.  OPS CHECK GOOD.  ACFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.