Service difficulty report · Connector · Dhav DHC8102

Difficulty date
January 25, 2008
Submitted
January 27, 2008
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N906HA
Make and model
Dhav DHC8102
Aircraft serial
9
Aircraft time
59,021 hours, 66,876 cycles
Propeller
Hamstd 14SF7
Part
Connector
Condition
Contaminated
Location
Wing Root
Part time
8,383 hours, 8,973 cycles
Stage of operation
TO
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
C

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

What was found

WHEN PILOT ADVANCED POWER FOR TAKEOFF, THE NR 2 PROPELLER WENT INTO FEATHER UNCOMMANDED. THE PROP SPEED WAS APPROXIMATELY 1200 RPM AND REACHED A TORQUE OF 100-105% FOR ABOUT 3 SECONDS. THE TAKEOFF WAS ABORTED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO THE MAINTENANCE FACILITY. PLA SWITCHES 6121-S8, S9, S12 AND S13 WERE INSPECTED ALONG WITH NR 1 NAD AND NR 2 TSCU CONNECTORS, AND STRUT HARNESS, WITH NO DEFECTS NOTED. INSPECTION OF THE NR 1 AND NR 2 WING ROOT CONNECTORS, 9811-P13 & P14, FOUND WATER IN THE P14 CONNECTOR, WHICH WAS REMOVED. THE NR 2 STRUT HARNESS AND NR 2 PROP ASSEMBLY WERE THEN CHANGED. ALL OPS CHECKS WERE GOOD AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.