Service difficulty report · Control Unit · Dhav DHC8202

Difficulty date
April 25, 2011
Submitted
April 27, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N369PH
Make and model
Dhav DHC8202
Aircraft serial
513
Aircraft time
26,730 hours, 37,584 cycles
Part
Control Unit
Part number
30005000048
Part serial
4163
Condition
Inoperative
Location
Nr 1 Propeller
Part time
428 hours, 583 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

DURING TAKEOFF, ACFT EXPERIENCED A NR1 PROPELLER UNSCHEDULED FEATHER. AIRCREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND RETURNED TO FIELD. GROUND MX CREW PERFORMED TEST OF THE PLA AND CLA SWITCHES. NO FAULTS WERE FOUND. NR 1 TSCU WAS R & R, ENGINE WIRING HARNESS INSPECTED. FOUND THE TORQUE PROBE CONNECTOR PLUG LOOSE. CONNECTOR PLUG REMOVED, CLEANED AND RE-INSTALLED ONTO TORQUE PROBE. NO DISCREPENCIES WITH ENGINE WIRING HARNESS. PERFORMED GROUND RUNS AND SYS CHECKED SATISFACTORY. ACFT RELEASED FOR FLIGHT TEST. FLIGHT TEST CHECKED SATISFACTORY. ACFT RETURNED TO FLIGHT STATUS.