Service difficulty report · Pcu · Dhav DHC8102

Difficulty date
January 9, 2008
Submitted
January 22, 2008
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N828EX
Make and model
Dhav DHC8102
Aircraft serial
392
Aircraft time
31,950 hours, 35,330 cycles
Part
Pcu
Part number
78249050
Part serial
880972
Condition
Defective
Location
Nr 1 Engine
Part time
39,645 hours, 44,061 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

NR 2 PROPELLER FLUX OF 20 RPM ASSOCIATED WITH TORQUE FLUX OF 6%, RETURNED TO FIELD, PROPELLER SYNC OFF AT TIME OF FLUX, CYCLED PROPELLER SYNC DURING FINAL AND SURGE SELF CORRECTED AND ENGINES OPERATE NORMAL. GROUND RAN AT TAKEOFF POWER, COULD NOT DUPLICATE DISCREPANCY. FOUND NR 1 SIDE SYNCHROPHASE CONNECTOR HOOKED WITH PCU, DISCONECTED CONNECTOR. RAN AIRCRAFT PER RUNUP MANUAL NO DEFECTS NOTED. ON 10 JANUARY 2008, NR 1 PROPELLER MAX RPM WENT TO 1214; REPLACED PCU, OPERATIONAL AND LEAK CHECK GOOD.