Service difficulty report · Tscu · Dhav DHC8202

Difficulty date
January 13, 2011
Submitted
January 18, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N366PH
Make and model
Dhav DHC8202
Aircraft serial
510
Aircraft time
26,883 hours, 37,340 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW123
Part
Tscu
Part number
30005000048
Part serial
MM0181
Condition
Inoperative
Location
Nr 1
Part time
23,671 hours, 33,341 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
R, J
Precautionary procedure
E, B, A

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

What was found

DURING TAKEOFF FROM, THE NR1 ENGINE TORQUE DROPPED, THEN SUFFERED A POWER LOSS. AIRCREW SHUTDOWN THE NR 1 ENGINE, NOTIFIED ATC OF THE MALFUNCTION, AND DECLARED AN EMERGENCY. ACFT RETURNED TO FIELD SAFELY. MX R & R THE NR 1 TSCU (TORQUE SIGNALING CONDITIONING UNIT). PERFORMED ENGINE RUNS AND CHECKED SATISFACTORY. ACFT WAS RELEASED FOR A TEST FLIGHT WHICH RESULTED SATISFACTORY. ACFT RETURNED TO FLIGHT STATUS.