Service difficulty report · Cable · Beech 1900C

Difficulty date
June 2, 2010
Submitted
June 4, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N122GL
Make and model
Beech 1900C
Aircraft serial
UC122
Aircraft time
27,799 hours, 33,703 cycles
Engine
Pwa PT6A65B
System (JASC)
7603 · Power Lever
Part
Cable
Condition
Loose
Location
Beta
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
F, J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

AFTER ROTATION, CAPTAIN REPORTED AN UNCOMMANDED RT ENGINE AUTO FEATHER. THE ACFT RETURNED TO THE AIRPORT WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT ARRIVING BACK IN THE BLOCKS FOR MX TROUBLESHOOTING AND EVALUATION AT 1355Z. MX TROUBLESHOT ACFT AND FOUND BETA VALVE OUT OF ADJUSTMENT AND BETA CABLE LOOSE. MX RE-ADJUSTED BETA VALVE AND RE-RIGGED BETA CABLE. PERFORMED GROUND PERFORMANCE PROCEDURE FROM CHART 2 TORQUE GRAPH N /TEST SWITCH IN LOW PITCH AND CHART 3 TORQUE GRAPH N/TEST SWITCH OFF. ALL PARAMETERS ARE WITHIN LIMITS. WORK COMPLETED IAW MM 79-00-00. OPS CHECK FLIGHT PERFORMED TO VERIFY PROPER OPERATION OF NR 2 PROPELLER AND ENGINE IN ALL PHASES OF FLIGHT-SPECIFICALLY TAKEOFF ROLL, ROTATION AND CLIMBOUT. OPS CHECK FLIGHT COMPLETED, PERFORMED TOTAL OF 4 TAKEOFFS EACH WITHOUT ANY DISCREPANCIES, OPS CHECK FLIGHT SATISFACTORY.

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