SDR MASA97032

Service difficulty report · Prop Controls · Beech 1900D

Difficulty date
May 23, 1997
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N39ZV
Make and model
Beech 1900D
Aircraft serial
UE39
Part
Prop Controls
Condition
Out Of Adjust
Location
Rt Prop
Part time
8,549 hours
Stage of operation
CL
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

AIRCRAFT WAS FLYING PART 91 FROM BFD/PIT TO PICK UP A CREW MEMBER. AFTER DEPARTURE FROM BFD AT APPROXIMATELY 300 FEET, THE RT PROPELLER BEGAN TO FEATHER. THE CREW RETURNED TO THE FIELD AND THE PROP WAS FULLY FEATHERED BY THE TIME THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITH NO FURTHER INCIDENTS. DUJ MAINTENANCE FOUND THE TORQUE ADJUSTING SCREW (PN AN585AC1032H20) TO BE LOOSE. MAINTENANCE TIGHTENED THE SCREW AND RIGGED THE PROP CONTROLS. AN AIRCAFT RUN WAS PERFORMED SATISFACTORILY AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE. (X)

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