Service difficulty report · Fuel Control · Cessna 402C

Difficulty date
December 7, 2010
Submitted
December 9, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N494BC
Make and model
Cessna 402C
Aircraft serial
402C0308
Aircraft time
25,255 hours
Engine
Cont TSIO520VB
Engine time
1,102 hours
Part
Fuel Control
Condition
Out Of Adjust
Location
Rt Engine
Part time
1,102 hours
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
R, J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

CREW REPORTED, WHILE PERFORMING "IN RANGE" CHECKLIST, RT ENGINE QUIT. CREW PERFORMED ENGINE FAILURE CHECKLIST, AND WHEN AUXILARY FUEL PUMP WAS TURNED ON HIGH POSITION, ENGINE POWER WAS RESTORED. EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED, AND CREW ELECTED TO DIVERT BECAUSE OF BETTER WEATHER CONDITONS. LANDING WAS UNEVENTFUL, BUT AFTER LANDING, RT ENGINE QUIT AGAIN. MX INSPECTED RT ENGINE, PERFORMED GROUND RUN OF ENGINE, FOUND HIGH FUEL FLOW AND IDLE MIXTURE SETTINGS OUT OF LIMITS. AJUSTED BOTH HIGH FUEL FLOW AND IDLE MIXTURE SETTINGS, GROUND RUN CHECKED OK. AS A PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE, LT AND RT FUEL SYS WERE SERVICED WITH ISOPROPYL ALCOHOL IAW MM. AFT RELEASED BACK TO SERVICE.

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