Service difficulty report · Solenoid · Beech 300BEECH

Difficulty date
October 30, 2014
Submitted
November 13, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N75
Make and model
Beech 300BEECH
Aircraft serial
FF10
Aircraft time
12,405 hours, 6,760 cycles
Engine
Pwa PT6A11
Part
Solenoid
Condition
Dirty
Location
Rt Propeller
Stage of operation
LD
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

WITH FLAPS IN APPROACH MODE, ACFT EXPERIENCED SLIGHT YAW TO THE RT. AS POWER WAS FURTHER REDUCED FOR LANDING, THE YAW INCREASED. PILOT WAS UNABLE TO CORRECT WITH RUDDER & AILERON. AFTER GO AROUND AT SAFE ALTITUDE, FLIGHT CREW ATTEMPTED TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM & WERE UNSUCCESSFUL. CLEANED OIL & DEBRIS FROM RT GND STOP SOLENOID. FOUND NO GND FINE ON LT ENG, ADJUSTED LT INPUT ROD END TO POWER LEVER, ADJUSTED TQ IDLE LOW. DEAD BAND LT, ADJUSTED RT IDLE & TQ ALL PARAMETERS FOUND GOOD.