Service difficulty report · Governor · Cessna T207A

Difficulty date
October 7, 2015
Submitted
December 9, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N1301L
Make and model
Cessna T207A
Aircraft serial
20700641
Aircraft time
11,927 hours
Engine
Cont IO550F
Engine time
983 hours
Propeller
Hartzl PHCJ3YF1
Part
Governor
Part number
C290D4KT2
Part serial
785354
Condition
Intermittent
Location
Zone 400
Part time
30 hours
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
D

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

What was found

DURING A PREFLIGHT RUN UP, THE GOVERNOR WOULD NOT CYCLE THE PROPELLER EVEN WHEN LT IN THE LOW RPM POSITION FOR 10+ SECONDS. THE PROPELLER GOVERNOR WAS REPLACED WITH SERVICEABLE & OPERATIONS WERE NORMAL. THE GOVERNOR ONLY HAD 29.5 HOURS SINCE OVERHAUL & THE REPAIR STATION WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE ISSUE WHEN THE GOVERNOR WAS RETURNED TO THEM. SUSPECT INTERMITTENT TEMP RELATED PROBLEM WITH GOVERNOR.

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