Service difficulty report · Connector · Dhav DHC8202

Difficulty date
January 19, 2011
Submitted
January 24, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N369PH
Make and model
Dhav DHC8202
Aircraft serial
513
Aircraft time
26,319 hours, 37,024 cycles
Part
Connector
Condition
Dirty
Location
Autofeather Sys
Stage of operation
TO
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
R, J
Precautionary procedure
C

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

What was found

DURING TAKEOFF, AUTO-FEATHER DID NOT ARM. AIRCREW PERFORMED AUTO-FEATHER TEST ON ENGINE RUN-UPS. SYS PERFORMED SATISFACTORY. AIRCREW ATTEMPTED TAKEOFF ONCE MORE, TAKEOFF WAS ABORTED DUE TO SUSPECTED NR 1 ENGINE AUTO-FEATHER, NR 1 TORQUE DROPPED TO 80 PERCENT, THEN NR 1 PROP SPEED DROPPED TO 400 RPM. AFTER THE PROP RPM DROPPED, THE NR 1 ENGINE TORQUE JUMPED. GROUND MX CREW CLEANED AND RESEATED CONNECTOR PLUGS ON THE NR1 TSCU, THEN PERFORMED GROUND RUNS. SYS CHECKED SATISFACTORY. ACFT WAS RELEASED FOR A TEST FLIGHT WHICH RESULTED SATISFACTORY. AFTER TEST FLIGHT, THE ACFT WAS RELEASED TO FLIGHT STATUS.