What was found
PILOT REPORTED LT PROPELLER SPEED ERRATIC & DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. PERFORMED A RUN UP & PROP RIGGING FOR FULL POWER, CLIMB POWER RPM CHECK. THE REPLACED & OPERATIONALLY CHECKED THE PROP GOVERNOR WITH NO FURTHER DEFECTS NOTED.
- Difficulty date
- March 12, 2015
- Submitted
- March 20, 2015
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N5826C
- Make and model
- Cessna 402C
- Aircraft serial
- 402C0050
- Aircraft time
- 33,020 hours, 6,739 cycles
- Engine
- Cont TSIO520VB
- Engine time
- 19 hours
- Propeller
- Mcauly 3AF32C505
- System (JASC)
- 6122 · Propeller Governor
- Part
- Governor
- Part number
- DCF2907CT3
- Part serial
- 860566
- Condition
- Defective
- Location
- Lt Engine
- Stage of operation
- CR
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.