Service difficulty report · Autofeather Sys · Bombdr DHC8402

Difficulty date
September 6, 2015
Submitted
September 8, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N422QX
Make and model
Bombdr DHC8402
Aircraft serial
4150
Aircraft time
20,866 hours, 22,101 cycles
Part
Autofeather Sys
Condition
Failed
Stage of operation
TO
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
C

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

What was found

AUTOFEATHER FAILED TO ARM ON TAKEOFF ROLL. ABORTED TAKEOFF. PERFORMED CHECK OF CDS FOR FAULT CODES. NO RELATED FAULT CODES FOUND. PERFORMED OPS TEST OF PROP AUTOFEATHER AND UPTRIM SYS, REF Q-400 MCN NR-661292-001, 3 TIMES, ONCE WITH ENGINE SHUTDOWN AND TWICE WITH ENGINES RUNNING. OPS TEST PASSED EACH TIME. CHECKED CDS. NO FAULTS FOUND. C/W ENGINE TREND DOWNLOAD FORM EMU IAW MAINTENANCE 6773101. RETURNED TO SERVICE. COULD NOT DUPLICATE. NO PARTS REPLACED.