Service difficulty report · Governor · Bombdr DHC8402

Difficulty date
April 22, 2015
Submitted
April 27, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N408QX
Make and model
Bombdr DHC8402
Aircraft serial
4050
Aircraft time
33,375 hours, 34,774 cycles
Engine
Pwc PW150A
Propeller
Dowty R4086123F17
Part
Governor
Part number
697072004
Part serial
DAP0391
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Overspeed
Part time
19,249 hours, 20,650 cycles
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
9
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

PROPELLER RPM ON NR 2 ENGINE IN THE 1020 SETTING FLUCTUATE BETWEEN 1020 AND 1000 RPM. FOUND FAULT CODE 158 IN CDS. AS A PRECUATION REPLACED THE NR 2 OVERSPEED GOVERNOR. FAULT CODE DID NOT RETURN. RETURNED TO SERVICE.