Service difficulty report · Limiter · Swrngn SA227AC

Difficulty date
June 22, 2017
Submitted
June 27, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N709TR
Make and model
Swrngn SA227AC
Aircraft serial
AC709B
Aircraft time
34,649 hours, 29,297 cycles
Engine
Garrtt TPE331*
Part
Limiter
Part number
9495961
Part serial
29263
Condition
Intermittent
Location
Rt Engine
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
R
Precautionary procedure
E, A

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

What was found

DURING CRUISE, THE RT ENGINE BEGAN TO LOSE POWER. THE RT ENGINE STARTED TO BYPASS FUEL LOWER THAN NORMAL EGT TEMPERATURE. REDUCED POWER AND THE AFFECTED ENGINE QUIT BYPASSING. APPLIED POWER, & RT ENGINE EGT INCREASED AND THE ENGINE BYPASSED AGAIN. FOLLOWED QRH AND WAS UNABLE TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE. DECLARED AN EMERGENCY, PERFORMED A PRECAUTIONARY IN FLIGHT RT ENG SHUTDOWN, DIVERTED, AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. INSPECTED THE RT ENGINE & PERFORMED GROUND RUNS. THE FUEL BYPASS DISCREPANCY COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED THE RIGHT TEMP LIMITER. PERFORMED RT ENGINE GROUND RUNS, OPS OF THE RIGHT ENGINE BY-PASS CIRCUIT WAS NORMAL. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.