Service difficulty report · Governor · Cessna 402C

Difficulty date
December 23, 2014
Submitted
December 24, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N258PB
Make and model
Cessna 402C
Aircraft serial
402C0336
Aircraft time
33,562 hours, 28,352 cycles
Engine
Cont TSIO520VB
Engine time
378 hours
Propeller
Mcauly 3AF32C505
Part
Governor
Part number
DCF290D7CT3
Part serial
810529
Condition
Defective
Location
Right
Part time
378 hours
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

ON CLIMB OUT RT PROP INCREASED RPM BEYOND THE RED, BY ITSELF, HAD NO CONTROL OF RT PROP. ALSO RT PROP WOULD NOT FEATHER. PERFORMED AN AIR RETURN & LANDED WITH NO FURTHER INCIDENT. INSPECTED THE RT PROP CONTROL, REPOSITIONED PROP GOVERNOR CABLE. R & R PROP GOVERNOR IAW MM CHAPTER 61-20-00. OPERATIONS CHECKED GOOD WITH NO FURTHER DEFECT NOTED.

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