Service difficulty report · Indicator · Cessna 208B

Difficulty date
February 5, 2013
Submitted
March 26, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N308PW
Make and model
Cessna 208B
Aircraft serial
208B1274
Aircraft time
8,307 hours, 9,061 cycles
Engine
Pwa PT6A114A
Engine time
7,653 hours, 8,386 cycles
Propeller
Mcauly 3GFR34C703
Part
Indicator
Part number
26060142RX
Part serial
10B148
Condition
Faulty
Location
Cockpit
Part time
2,871 hours, 2,698 cycles
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

ON 2/05/2013 PILOT REPORTED THAT PROP RPM EXCEEDED 1900 RPM, MAINTENANCE PERFORMED GROUND RUN AND COULD NOT DUPLICATE PROBLEM. THE AIRCRAFT WAS FLOWN BY OTHER PILOTS WITHOUT ANY PROP OVERSPEED ISSUE. ON 2/15/2013 PILOT REPORTED AGAIN THAT HE HAD A PROP OVERSPEED CONDITION, MAINTENANCE PERFORMED GROUND RUN OPS CHECK AGAIN AND COULD NOT DUPLICATE PROBLEM. RETURNED AIRCRAFT TO SERVICE. ON 2/16/2013 PILOT REPORTED OVERSPEED CONDITION AGAIN THIS TIME MAINTENANCE ADJUSTED MAX STOP ON OVERSPEED GOVERNOR AND RETURNED TO SERVICE. ON 2/20/2013 ANOTHER PILOT SAW THE OVERSPEED CONDITION, THIS TIME MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE PROP INDICATOR WITH A OVERHAULED UNIT AND RETURNED TO SERVICE, THIS FIXED THE PROBLEM.

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