Service difficulty report · Tscu · Dhav DHC8315

Difficulty date
October 29, 2020
Submitted
October 29, 2020
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Dhav DHC8315
Aircraft serial
0338
Aircraft time
45,832 hours, 40,212 cycles
Part
Tscu
Part number
30005000056
Part serial
MM4979
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Zone 400
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
C
Nature of condition
S
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

A SCHEDULED FLIGHT, THE FLIGHT CREW HAD ENGINES OPERATING AND GOING THROUGH THEIR GROUND CHECKS WHEN THEY HAD THE NR 1 ENGINE FEATHERING DURING AUTO-FEATHER CHECK. INITIAL AUTO-FEATHER CHECK, THE FLIGHT CREW HAD BOTH SWITCHES, NR 1 AND NR 2 AUTO-FEATHER, IN THE UP POSITION WHEN THEY NOTICED THE NR 1 ENGINE FEATHERED. FLIGHT CREW SHUT ENGINE DOWN FOR MAINTENANCE TO TROUBLESHOOT THE AUTO-FEATHER SYSTEM. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE NR 1 AND NR 2 SIGNAL CONDITIONER TORQUE/SPEED (TSCU) UNITS WITH NEW TSCU UNITS. FLIGHT CREW COMPLETED THE GROUND CHECKS OF THE AUTO-FEATHER SYSTEM AND DEPARTED FOR TRAINING/TEST FLIGHT WITH NO FURTHER ISSUES.