Service difficulty report · Eec · Cessna 560XL

Difficulty date
November 14, 2021
Submitted
November 19, 2021
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N682QS
Make and model
Cessna 560XL
Aircraft serial
5605654
Aircraft time
13,791 hours, 10,541 cycles
Part
Eec
Part number
10048552002
Part serial
04127489
Condition
Defective
Location
Lt Engine
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
R
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

LEFT ENGINE ENGINE LOW POWER: CLIMBING THROUGH APPROXIMATELY FL 190 WITH THROTTLES IN CLIMB DETENTS (ABOUT 92% N1), THE LEFT ENGINE POWER SUDDENLY DROPPED TO ABOUT 80% N1. (THE DECELERATION RATE WAS AS IF THE THROTTLE HAD BEEN QUICKLY BROUGHT TO IDLE). AFTER ABOUT ONE SECOND, POWER ROSE BACK WHERE IT HAD BEEN BEFORE. HOWEVER, THE N1 FLUCTUATED ABOUT 2% UP AND DOWN FOR SEVERAL SECONDS. OTHER ENGINE INDICATIONS WERE NOT OBSERVED AS WE WERE FOCUSED ON THE N1. NO ANNUNCIATORS ILLUMINATED. ENG DATA SCAN BUTTON WAS PRESSED APPROXIMATELY 5 MINUTES AFTER EVENT. WE DIVERTED AND ENGINE APPEARED TO OPERATE NORMALLY THROUGHOUT REMAINDER OF FLIGHT. // SIGNOFF// ACCOMPLISHED THE DCU DOWNLOAD OF THE LH AND RH ENGINES AND SUBMITTED AS REQUIRED. GAINED ACCESS AND PERFORMED AN INSPECTION OF THE TO, TL/FCU, AND TL SENSORS WITH NO DEFECTED NOTED. INTERROGATED THE DOWNLOAD WITH NO CURRENT FAULTS NOTED. ALSO NOTED NO FAULT INDICATIONS WITHIN THE DOLLS EYES, CLOSED ACCESS AS REQUIRED. PREPPED AND ACCOMPLISHED REQUESTED LEFT HAND ENGINE RUNS AT VARIOUS POWER SETTINGS AND LENGTHS OF TIME WITH NO DUPLICATION OF POWER LOSS. ACCOMPLISHED AN ADD LTLONAL DOWNLOAD WITH NO ADDITIONAL EVENTS NOTED. VISUALLY INSPECTED DOLLS EYES WITH NO TRIPPED INDICATORS. PWC ADVISED NO ADDITIONAL RECOMMENDATIONS UP TO REPLACEMENT OF THE RIGHT HAND ENGINE EEC. REMOVED THE UNSERVICEABLE LH ENGINE EEC (P/N: 1004855-1-002 / 30J2659-02 5/N: 04127489) AND INSTALLED AN OVERHAULED SERVICEABLE LH ENGINE EEC (P/N: 1004855-2-002 / 30J2659-03 S/N: 07043676). PERFORMED FOLLOW ON CHECKS WITH SATISFACTORY RESULTS. MAINTENANCE ACCOMPLISHED IAW PW545B EMM CH. 73-20-03 , 77-40-01, 77-20-01, AND 73-20-01 AND 71-00-00.

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