Service difficulty report · Governor · Emb EMB120ER

Difficulty date
August 18, 2014
Submitted
August 26, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N581SW
Make and model
Emb EMB120ER
Aircraft serial
120349
Aircraft time
31,858 hours, 41,800 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW118
Propeller
Hamstd 14RF9
Part
Governor
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Rt Propeller
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

DURING CLIMBOUT, THE CREW NOTICED THE PROPELLERS SUDDENLY FELT OUT OF SYNC. CAPTAIN NOTICED THE RT PROPELLER AT 103 PERCENT. ACFT RETURNED TO THE FIELD. REPLACED RT PROPELLER OVERSPEED GOVERNOR. SYS OPS NORMAL.

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