Service difficulty report · Governor · Bombdr DHC8402

Difficulty date
August 25, 2010
Submitted
August 30, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N409QX
Make and model
Bombdr DHC8402
Aircraft serial
4051
Aircraft time
22,030 hours, 22,771 cycles
Engine
Pwc PW150A
Part
Governor
Part number
697072003
Part serial
DAP0073
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Overspeed
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
V
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

ON PREFLIGHT NOTICED NR 1 PROPELLER APPEARED TO BE UNFEATHERED WITH THE ENGINE SHUTDOWN. MX REPLACED THE NR1 OVERSPEED GOVERNOR. OPS CHECKS GOOD. RETURNED TO SERVICE.