Service difficulty report · Signal Cond Unit · Emb EMB120ER

Difficulty date
January 17, 2016
Submitted
January 25, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N258AS
Make and model
Emb EMB120ER
Aircraft serial
120131
Aircraft time
42,165 hours, 44,376 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW118A
Engine time
36,562 hours, 33,630 cycles
Part
Signal Cond Unit
Part number
30005000052
Part serial
2316
Condition
Intermittent
Location
Rt Engine
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

AFTER TAKEOFF, THE RT ENG AUTO FEATHERED. THE RT ENG TORQUE READOUT WAS ZERO. ALL OTHER ENG PARAMETERS SHOWED NORMAL ENG OPERATING CONDITIONS. THE PILOT RETURNED & LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. INSPECTED THE RT ENG TORQUE SYS & FOUND THE RT ENG TORQUE SIGNAL CONDITIONER WAS DEFECTIVE. THE RT ENG TORQUE SIGNAL CONDITIONER WAS REPLACED. THE RT ENG WAS GND RUN, THE RT ENG TORQUE INDICATOR FUNCTIONALLY CHECKED NORMAL. TORQUE SIGNAL CONDITIONER IS AN ON CONDITION PART. TIME IN SERVICE IS UNKNOWN.

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