Service difficulty report · Engine · Emb EMB120ER

Difficulty date
July 20, 2010
Submitted
August 4, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N299UX
Make and model
Emb EMB120ER
Aircraft serial
120299
Aircraft time
27,461 hours, 29,032 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW118
Part
Engine
Part number
118B
Part serial
115436
Condition
Shutdown
Location
Left
Part time
37,227 hours, 22,977 cycles
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
E

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

What was found

ENGINE SHUTDOWN - PILOT REPORTED THAT AT 6000 FT ON DESCENT LT ENGINE NP WENT TO 123 PERCENT-126 PERCENT, TORQUE WENT TO 150 PERCENT, THE CONDITION LASTED 60-90 SECONDS BEFORE ENGINE SHUTDOWN. UPON TROUBLESHOOTING THE SITUATION MX PERFORMED A SPECIAL INSP IAW MX CONTROL PROCEDURES 5.12.0, AND ALSO REMOVED THE FLIGHT DATA AQUSITION UNIT, FLIGHT DATA RECORDER, AND THE COCKPIT VOICE RECORDER FOR FURTHER INVESTIGATION. MX THEN REPLACED THE LT ENGINE ASSY IAW TASK CARD 120-7100.00.

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