Service difficulty report · Engine · Casa C212CD

Difficulty date
February 11, 2013
Submitted
February 15, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N502FS
Make and model
Casa C212CD
Aircraft serial
294
Aircraft time
14,884 hours, 14,364 cycles
Engine
Garrtt TPE33110R
Engine time
4,578 hours, 4,135 cycles
Part
Engine
Condition
Power Loss
Location
Nr 1
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
R, J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

FIFTEEN MINUTES INTO THE FLIGHT, THE NR 1 ENGINE EXPERIENCED A MOMENTARY POWER LOSS OF ABOUT TEN PERCENT TORQUE. ALL THE GAUGES INDICATED THE SAME AND THE ACFT YAWED IN THAT DIRECTION. THIS LASTED ONLY A SECOND OR TWO, BUT A FEW MINUTES LATER THE SAME THING HAPPENED. AT THIS POINT THE ACFT RETURNED TO BASE. ON THIS FLIGHT IT HAPPENED A TOTAL OF THREE TIMES.