Service difficulty report · Governor · Cessna 208B

Difficulty date
October 7, 2014
Submitted
October 10, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N986FE
Make and model
Cessna 208B
Aircraft serial
208B0194
Aircraft time
11,842 hours, 11,267 cycles
Engine
Pwa PT6A114A
Engine time
12,169 hours, 11,788 cycles
Propeller
Mcauly 3GFR34C703
Part
Governor
Part number
8210002AE
Part serial
11472468
Condition
Defective
Location
Propeller
Part time
3,944 hours, 3,847 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 RANGE TO SLOW HIS TAXI SPEED. WHEN BRINGING POWER CONTROL BACK FWD INTO FWD POWER RANGE PILOT NOTED AN ABNORMAL AMOUNT OF FORCE REQUIRED TO COME FWD OVER BETA REVERSE GATE. THIS WAS ATTEMPTED THREE TIMES WITH THE SAME RESULTS. ACFT WAS SHUTDOWN. SYS RIGGING WAS INSPECTED & NO PROBLEMS WERE EVIDENT. PROP GOVERNOR WAS REPLACED WITH AN OVERHAULED UNIT. RIGGING WAS CHECKED AFTER INSTALLATION & ACFT WAS TEST RUN & PLACED INTO BETA REVERSE NUMEROUS TIMES. NO BINDING OR ABNORMAL PRESS WAS REQUIRED OPERATING OVER BETA REVERSE GATE EITHER WAY.

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