Service difficulty report · Governor · Bombdr DHC8402

Difficulty date
November 27, 2013
Submitted
December 2, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N416QX
Make and model
Bombdr DHC8402
Aircraft serial
4083
Aircraft time
25,091 hours, 25,639 cycles
Part
Governor
Part number
697072004
Part serial
DAP0841
Condition
Unknown
Location
Zone 400
Part time
4,957 hours, 5,137 cycles
Stage of operation
AP
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

NR 1 PROPELLER SURGED ON APPROACH AFTER NP 1020, NORMAL, SELECTED. PROPELLER WOULD PULSE BETWEEN APPROXIMATELY 960 TO 1020 RPM. AS PRECAUTION, R & R NR 1 OVERSPEED GOVERNOR IAW AMM TASKS 61-20-26-000-801/ 61-20-26-400-801. OPS CHECKED GOOD. RAN BOTH ENGINES AT HIGH POWER FOR SEVERAL MINUTES WITH NO SURGING NOTED. NO LEAKS NOTED. NO FAULT CODES FOUND IN CDS. RETURNED TO SERVICE.