Service difficulty report · Pump · Dhav DHC8202

Difficulty date
September 16, 2016
Submitted
September 21, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N362PH
Make and model
Dhav DHC8202
Aircraft serial
518
Aircraft time
36,852 hours, 49,511 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW123
Part
Pump
Part number
5008269H
Part serial
2693
Condition
Inoperative
Location
Nr 1 Engine
Part time
31,461 hours, 41,939 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
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

NR 1 ENGINE SURGED IN-FLIGHT CAUSING AN OVER TORQUE AND ACFT BECAME UNCONTROLLABLE. CREW THEN SHUTDOWN THE ENGINE. REMOVED MFC AND FUEL PUMP, MFC PN 3244853-19, SN-C31243V, TT-7648.77, TC-9192. UPON TAKEOFF CLIMB, BOTH ENGINES WERE OPERATING TOGETHER NORMALLY, HOWEVER WHEN THEY BROUGHT THE PROP TO 1050, THE NR 1 TORQUE SHOT UP TO 118. THEY THEN ATTEMPTED TO BRING THE POWER DOWN, HOWEVER THE ENGINE DID NOT RESPOND AT FIRST. IT EVENTUALLY RESPONDED AND THEY WERE ABLE TO GET BOTH ENGINES TO OPERATE AT 96 PERCENT. SHORTLY THEREAFTER, THE ENGINE STARTED SURGING UNCONTROLLABLY. THEY INDICATED THE TORQUE NEEDLE WAS FLUCTUATING ACROSS MOST OF THE GAUGE. THEY FELT AT THIS POINT THAT THE DIRECTIONAL CONTROL WAS BEING AFFECTED ENOUGH TO SHUTDOWN THE NR 1 ENGINE. THE CREW SHUTDOWN THE ENGINE AND DECLARED EMERGENCY TO RETURN TO FIELD.