Service difficulty report · Pcu · Saab 340B

Difficulty date
July 26, 2010
Submitted
July 29, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N346CJ
Make and model
Saab 340B
Aircraft serial
346
Aircraft time
30,187 hours, 35,382 cycles
Part
Pcu
Part number
78249052
Part serial
920231
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Lt Propeller
Stage of operation
LD
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

PILOT LOGBOOK ENTRY "AIRCRAFT YAWS VIOLENTLY TO RIGHT UPON LANDING. AIRCRAFT FERRIED FROM ACK TO ALB MAINTENANCE BASE. INSPECTOR AT ALB PERFORMED GROUND RUNS OF BOTH ENGINES AND FOUND NO ABNORMALITIES. OVERNIGHT MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE LEFT PROPELLER CONTROL UNIT AND GROUND OPERATIONAL / LEAK CHECKS WERE SATISFACTORY. AN OPERATIONAL CHECK FLIGHT WAS PERFORMED SUBSEQUENT TO THE PROPELLER CONTROL UNIT CHANGE AND THE CREW SIGNED OFF THE OCF AS SATISFACTORY. WHEN QUESTIONED BY INSPECTOR FOLLOWING OCF, CHECK PILOT STATED THAT THE FLIGHT AND LANDING WAS CONSISTENT WITH OTHER SAABS.

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