Service difficulty report · Engine · Beech B300

Difficulty date
April 18, 2018
Submitted
April 23, 2018
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N879UP
Make and model
Beech B300
Aircraft serial
FL1079
Aircraft time
1,065 hours, 868 cycles
Engine
Pwa PT6A60A
Engine time
1,065 hours, 868 cycles
Part
Engine
Condition
Power Loss
Location
Right
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
R, J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

AT FLIGHT LEVEL 240 THE RIGHT ENGINE ROLLED BACK AND THE ARMED AUTO FEATHER TRIED TO FEATHER THE ENGINE. BUMPED THE PROP RPM AT APPROXIMATELY 930 BUT WOULD NOT FEATHER. THE TORQUE DROPPED TO 2.7 POUNDS N1 DROPPED TO 67%. IURNED THE AUTO FEATHER OFF AND THE RPM RETURNED TO 1510, SEEMED LIKE THE ENGINE WAS PRODUCING POWER JUST NOT FULL POWER. FIVE MINUTES BEFORE LANDING THE N1 DROPPED TO 55% AND THE RIGHT GENERATOR WENT OFF LINE. ON THE GROUND, THE THROTTLE WAS INEFFECTIVE WITH NO POWER CHANGES. OPEN

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