Service difficulty report · Fuel Divider · Beech 1900C

Difficulty date
December 16, 2013
Submitted
December 20, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N347AF
Make and model
Beech 1900C
Aircraft serial
UC66
Aircraft time
39,161 hours, 34,431 cycles
Engine
Pwa PT6A65B
Part
Fuel Divider
Condition
Defective
Location
Rt Engine
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

DURING CLIMB OUT FROM SFO, RT ENG LOST POWER AT APPROXIMATELY 100 FT AGL. BOTH RT SIDE ANNUNCIATOR’S ENG OIL PRESS & LOW FUEL PRESS WERE ILLUMINATED. ENG TORQUE WAS FLUCTUATING BETWEEN 0 & 500 FT LB. PILOT PULLED THE RT ENG CONDITION LEVER TO CUTOUT & DECLARED AN EMERGENCY. PILOT LANDED AT SFO WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MX TROUBLESHOOTING REVEALED RT ENG FUEL FLOW DIVIDER WAS DEFECTIVE, MX CHANGED FUEL FLOW DIVIDER & CLEANED RT ENG FUEL FILTERS, RT ENG GND RUN PERFORMED SATISFACTORY, ALSO PERFORMED ENG LEAK CHECKS ALL CHECKED GOOD.

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