SDR MAC050701

Service difficulty report · Power Lever · Aerosp ATR42300

Difficulty date
May 18, 2007
Submitted
May 24, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N918FX
Make and model
Aerosp ATR42300
Aircraft serial
262
Aircraft time
23,838 hours, 32,104 cycles
System (JASC)
7603 · Power Lever
Part
Power Lever
Condition
Lack Of Lube
Location
Nr 2
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
W
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

IN CRUISE FLIGHT AT FL220 THE NR 2 POWER LEVER APPEARED TO BE FROZEN AT ITS POWER SETTING. AFTER DESCENT TO 12,000 FT THE NR 2 POWER LEVER BECAME FREE AND THE POWER COULD THEN BE CHANGED. SERVICE BULLETIN ATR42-76-0009 HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN ACCOMPLISHED. PANELS WERE REMOVED TO GAIN ACCESS, THE FLEXIBLE CONTROLS WERE LUBED AND THE REMOVED PANELS WERE RESEALED. OPERATIONAL CHECKS WERE ACCOMPLISHED WITH NO DISCREPANCIES FOUND. THE A/C WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE WITH NO FURTHER DISCREPANCIES TO THE NR 2 ENGINE CONTROLS.

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