Service difficulty report · Switch · Beech 1900D

Difficulty date
April 8, 2009
Submitted
April 9, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N170GL
Make and model
Beech 1900D
Aircraft serial
UE170
Aircraft time
26,747 hours, 33,974 cycles
Part
Switch
Condition
Dirty
Location
Nr 2 Propeller
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
S
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

PILOTS REPORTED THAT THE RT ENGINE NR 2 PROPELLER VIOLENTLY CYCLES IN AND OUT OF FEATHER. PROPS WERE FULL FWD, IDLE SLOWLY INCREASING, CAUSED YAWING AT 1500 FT ON APPROACH. MX CLEANED POWER LEVER AUTOFEATHER MICROSWITCHES AND PERFORMED OPSL CHECK OF AUTOFEATHER SYSTEM IAW MM 61-21-00. ALL CHECKS WERE GOOD.

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