Service difficulty report · Governor · Cessna 208B

Difficulty date
September 9, 2014
Submitted
October 3, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N761FE
Make and model
Cessna 208B
Aircraft serial
208B0254
Aircraft time
10,802 hours, 10,486 cycles
Engine
Pwa PT6A114A
Engine time
10,756 hours, 11,900 cycles
Propeller
Mcauly 3GFR34C703
Part
Governor
Part number
821000201
Part serial
1995784
Condition
Defective
Location
Propeller
Part time
2,971 hours, 2,806 cycles
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
R, E
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

WHILE TURNING TO FINAL APPROACH, PROPELLER BEGAN TO SHAKE & RATE OF DESCENT INCREASED. POWER LEVER MOVED FWD BUT APPEARED TO BEHIND THE BETA REVERSE GATE ON CONTROL QUADRANT. APPEARED PROPELLER HAD GONE INTO AN UNCOMMANDED BETA RANGE DURING FLIGHT. POWER LEVER FORCEFULLY MOVED FWD TO INCREASE ENGINE POWER. WHEN REDUCING POWER TO LAND PROPELLER STARTED GOING INTO BETA REVERSE & STAYED THAT WAY UNTIL AFTER LANDING ROLL OUT. FOUND POWER CONTROL CABLE BROKEN & PROPELLER GOVERNOR DEFECTIVE. PROP GOVERNOR WAS REPLACED & AFT MOVEMENT OF PWR LEVER CEASED DURING FURTHER TEST RUNS. CHECKED THE BETA REVERSE LOCKOUT SYS & FOUND THAT IT WAS WORKING NORMALLY. NO OTHER MX HAS BEEN SCHEDULED OR PERFORMED ON THIS ACFT OTHER THAN RIGGING CHECK & SYS INSPECTION AFTER PROP GOVERNOR REPLACEMENT.

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