Service difficulty report · Controller · Bombdr DHC8402

Difficulty date
April 26, 2010
Submitted
April 30, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N422QX
Make and model
Bombdr DHC8402
Aircraft serial
4150
Aircraft time
7,936 hours, 8,459 cycles
Engine
Pwc PW150A
Propeller
Dowty R4086123F17
Part
Controller
Part number
699018003
Part serial
1548
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Zone 400
Part time
7,274 hours, 7,858 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

ON AFTER TAKEOFF FLOW WHEN PROPS WERE BROUGHT BACK TO 900 RPM A NOISE SIMILAR TO PROPELLER UNSYNC BEGAN AND CONTINUED. ENGINE INDICATIONS APPEARED TO BE MATCHED. NOISE DECREASED WHEN PROPS WERE BROUGHT TO 1020 ON LANDING BUT STILL OCCURED EVERY 15 SECONDS OR SO. RETURNED TO THE FIELD. LANDING UNEVENTFUL. PERFORMED GREASE LEVEL CHECK OF NR 1 & NR 2 PROPS, CHECKS GOOD. CHECKED ANVS & GVI OF TQ COMPENSATORS, CHECKS GOOD. REPLACED NR2 PEC AS PRECAUTIONARY, GROUND RUN CHECKS GOOD. CHECK FLIGHT PERFORMED AND PASSED. RETURNED TO SERVICE.