Service difficulty report · Fuel Control · Beech C90

Difficulty date
March 17, 2014
Submitted
March 20, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N964GB
Make and model
Beech C90
Aircraft serial
LJ1007
Aircraft time
12,084 hours
Engine
Pwa PT6A21
Engine time
12,020 hours, 11,740 cycles
Part
Fuel Control
Part number
32447454
Part serial
C17746
Condition
Faulty
Location
Rt Engine
Stage of operation
DE
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

DURING DESCENT REDUCED POWER LEVERS TO IDLE, RT ENG WOULD NOT DECREASE BELOW 80 PERCENT N1, 500 PDS TORQUE, NORMAL SETTINGS 63 PERCENT & 100 PDS. INFORMED TOWER THAT WE HAD AN ENG ABNORMALITY & MAY NEED TO SHUT DOWN ON THE RUNWAY BUT DIDN'T NEED OTHER ASSISTANCE. PILOT FEATHERED RT PROP, LANDED WITH NO ISSUES & TAXIED BACK TO RAMP. WE BOARDED THE ACFT & HAD THE PILOT RUN THE ENG UP & WITNESSED THE SAME ISSUE WAS STILL PRESENT BUT N1 HAD DECREASED TO 70 PERCENT N1. THE ACFT WAS SHUT DOWN & WE INSPECTED THE FUEL CONTROL LINKAGE & COULD NOT FIND ANY ISSUES WITH THE LINKAGE OR RIGGING. WE STARTED & RAN THE ACFT AGAIN ON THE RAMP & THE RT ENG WAS OPERATING NORMALLY WITH NO ISSUES. CALLED THE FUEL CONTROL OVERHAUL SHOP & CAME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT IT WAS A DECELERATION ISSUE & REPLACED THE FUEL CONTROL WITH AN OVERHAULED FUEL CONTROL. WE WILL SEND THIS FUEL CONTROL IN FOR EVALUATION TO TRY & DETERMINE THE CAUSE.

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