Service difficulty report · Propeller · Bombdr DHC8402

Difficulty date
March 28, 2012
Submitted
March 28, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N431QX
Make and model
Bombdr DHC8402
Aircraft serial
4164
Aircraft time
11,735 hours, 12,678 cycles
Part
Propeller
Condition
Malfunctioned
Stage of operation
LD
How discovered
O
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 LANDING, PROPELLERS DID NOT APPEAR TO GO TO DISCING, HAD TO RIDE BRAKES EVEN IN FULL DISC ON TAXI. NR 2 PROP GROUND RANGE LIGHT WAS NOT ILLUMINATED EVEN AT FULL DISC. JUST SHORT OF PARKING IT WENT BACK TO NORMAL. NO FAULTS NOTED. GROUND RAN BOTH ENGINES AND CYCLED PROPS IN AND OUT OF BETA RANGE SEVERAL TIMES. BOTH NR 1 AND NR 2 PROP BETA RANGE LIGHTS ILLUMINATED AND EXTINGUISHED NORMALLY. CHECKED FOR FAULTS AGAIN, NONE FOUND. NO DEFECTS NOTED AT THIS TIME. NO PREVIOUS HISTORY. ALSO, NO SIGNS OF ANY GREASE LEAKING AROUND NR 2 PROP. RETURNED TO SERVICE. NO PARTS REPLACED.