# SDR EPUA20151022002

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: October 18, 2015
- Submitted: October 22, 2015
- Operation: Air carrier
- Aircraft: [N715HE](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N715HE), registered now
- Make and model: Cessna 208B
- Registry model: [Cessna 208B](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-208b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Aircraft serial: 208B0603
- Aircraft time: 18,872 hours, 41,372 cycles
- Engine: Pwa PT6A114A
- Engine time: 1,464 hours, 3,033 cycles
- System (JASC): [7200 · Engine (Turbine/Turboprop)](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/7200)
- Part: Fuel Control
- Part number: 32448974
- Part serial: C66756
- Condition: Failed
- Location: Engine
- Stage of operation: CL
- How discovered: O
- Nature of condition: R
- Precautionary procedure: A
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/EPUA20151022002

## Discrepancy

PILOT REPORT LOSS OF POWER & TORQUE FLUCTUATION IN CLIMB, LASTING FOR APPROX 5 SECONDS, THEN POWER SMOOTHED OUT.  PILOT ELECTED TO RETURN TO DEPARTURE AIRPORT WITHOUT INCIDENT & REPORTED THE PROBLEM.  INSPECTED ENG & ACFT FUEL SCREENS, FILTERS & SUMPED ALL FUEL DRAINS.  FOUND NO INDICATIONS OF CONTAMINANTS OR WATER.  A GND PERFORMANCE RUN WAS PERFORMED FOR 5 MINUTES WITH ALL NORMAL INDICATIONS.  ACFT WAS RELEASED FOR OPERATIONAL CHECK FLIGHT, THIS FLIGHT WAS PERFORMED FOR 30 MINUTES AT VARIOUS POWER SETTINGS.  ENG PERFORMANCE WAS GOOD & ALL INDICATIONS WERE STEADY & WITHIN LIMITS.  THE VAGUE DESCRIPTION OF THE SUSPECTED FAULT & LACK OF FINDINGS DURING INSPECTION WILL NOT ALLOW FOR A CONCLUSIVE IDENTIFICATION OF

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