What was found
FLIGHT 3961 INTO DCA, NR 1 PROPELLER WAS UNABLE TO BE REDUCED BELOW 930 RPM IN CRUISE FLIGHT. MAINTENANCE RE-RIGGED NR 1 ENGINE PROPELLER CONTROL UNIT AND GROUND RAN AIRCRAFT, OPERATIONAL CHECK GOOD. AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.
- Difficulty date
- October 26, 2003
- Submitted
- October 28, 2003
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N840EX
- Make and model
- Dhav DHC8102
- Aircraft serial
- 327
- Aircraft time
- 27,027 hours, 29,596 cycles
- Propeller
- Hamstd 14SF7
- System (JASC)
- 6110 · Propeller Assembly
- Part
- Control Unit
- Condition
- Out Of Rig
- Location
- Nr 1 Prop
- Stage of operation
- CR
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- J
- Precautionary procedure
- O
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.