Service difficulty report · Governor · Cessna 208B

Difficulty date
September 26, 2014
Submitted
October 6, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N752FE
Make and model
Cessna 208B
Aircraft serial
208B0247
Aircraft time
11,215 hours, 10,719 cycles
Engine
Pwa PT6A114A
Engine time
14,742 hours, 13,859 cycles
Propeller
Mcauly 3GFR34C703
Part
Governor
Part number
8210002AE
Part serial
2138051
Condition
Defective
Location
Propeller
Part time
3,349 hours, 3,016 cycles
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
R
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

AFTER LANDING, DURING TAXI PILOT PULLED POWER CONTROL AFT INTO BETA REVERSE RANGE TO SLOW HIS TAXI SPEED. WHEN BRINGING POWER CONTROL BACK FWD INTO FWD POWER RANGE HE NOTED A BINDING AT BETA REVERSE GATE. PILOT SHUT OWN ACFT & CONTACTED MX. INSPECTED POWER CONTROL RIGGING & SYS FOR PROBLEMS, NONE NOTED. ACFT WAS TEST RUN & OPERATED IN & OUT OF BETA REVERSE RANGE NUMEROUS TIMES. BINDING COMING OUT OF BETA REVERSE WAS NOTED ONE TIME ONLY. PROP GOVERNOR WAS REPLACED WITH OVERHAULED UNIT & RIGGED AS REQUIRED. ACFT WAS AGAIN TEST RUN & PUT IN & OUT OF BETA REVERSE MANY TIMES. POWER CONTROL OPERATED SMOOTHLY ALL THE TIME.

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