Service difficulty report · Fuel Control · Beech B300

Difficulty date
March 18, 2019
Submitted
April 4, 2019
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N48KP
Make and model
Beech B300
Aircraft serial
FL1122
Aircraft time
459 hours, 330 cycles
Engine
Pwa PT6A60A
Engine time
459 hours, 330 cycles
Part
Fuel Control
Part number
8061333
Part serial
20916343
Condition
Faulty
Location
Left Engine
Part time
459 hours, 330 cycles
Stage of operation
TO
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
R, J
Precautionary procedure
C

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

What was found

THE START UP WAS UNEVENTFUL, AND THE RUN UP CHECKS WERE COMPLETED WITHOUT ANY DISCREPANCIES. CLEARED FOR TAKEOFF, TAXIED OUT, AND CAME TO A FULL STOP. PERFORMED A STATIC TAKEOFF WITH POWER SET AT 85% TORQUE AND V SPEEDS OF (97,102,107) WITH FLAPS APPROACH. THE TAKEOFF ROLE STARTED OUT NORMAL AND HEARD CREW CALL AIRSPEED ALIVE, AND THEN 80 KNOTS CROSS CHECK. BETWEEN THE 80 KNOTS CALL OUT AND HIS V1 CALL THE AIRPLANE YAWED SIGNIFICANTLY TO THE LEFT, WITHOUT PILOT INPUT, AND AFTER THE CHANGE IN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL, IMMEDIATELY WENT TO GROUND FINE AND ABORTED THE TAKEOFF. TAXIED OFF THE RUNWAY, AND RETURNED TO THE RAMP. IT SEEMED LIKE THE LEFT PROP WENT INTO LOW PITCH SETTING.

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