Service difficulty report · Engine · Emb EMB120ER

Difficulty date
August 15, 2001
Submitted
August 22, 2001
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N209SW
Make and model
Emb EMB120ER
Aircraft serial
120269
Aircraft time
24,908 hours, 30,730 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW118A
Part
Engine
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Left
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
R, J
Precautionary procedure
L

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

What was found

ON APPROACH, LEFT ENGINE EXPERIENCED A SEVERE POWER LOSS. TRIPLE CHIME ''ENGINE CONTROL'' AND WHITE ''MANUAL'' LIGHT ILLUMINATED. INITIATED A GO-AROUND TO AVOID TERRAIN CONTACT. ON GO-AROUND, REGAINED SOME POWER ON LEFT ENGINE. BROUGHT POWER BACK TO LEVEL OFF AND LEFT ENGINE AUTO-FEATHERED. POSSIBLE OVER-TORQUE OF LEFT ENGINE. BROUGHT LEFT POWER LEVER TO FLT-IDLE. ENGINE APPEARED HEALTHY. RESET AUTO-FEATHER; LANDED NORMALLY. DOWNLOADED FDAU. RIGHT ENGINE RECORDED EXCEEDANCE. RIGHT TORQUE MAX 112 PERCENT EXCEEDANCE (AVERAGE 111.5 PERCENT) FOR 007 SECONDS. MAX T6 TEMP 769 DEGREES. RAN BOTH ENGINES ON GROUND PER EMB MM 71-00-00. ALL PROCEDURES REF. MM 61-00-00. RIGHT ENGINE EXCEEDANCES WITHIN LIMITS

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