What was found
RT ENGINE SLOWLY LOST TORQUE DURING CRUISE AT FL 200. ENGINE TORQUE EVENTUALLY FELL TO 0 AND ENGINE WAS SHUTDOWN. ACFT DIVERTED AND LANDED UNEVENTFULLY. PROBLEM WAS DETERMINED TO BE A FAULTY ENGINE FUEL CONTROL UNIT.
- Difficulty date
- August 18, 2013
- Submitted
- August 21, 2013
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N114AX
- Make and model
- Beech 1900C
- Aircraft serial
- UC36
- Aircraft time
- 36,932 hours, 37,258 cycles
- Engine
- Pwa PT6A65B
- Engine time
- 21,313 hours, 29,944 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 7321 · Fuel Control/Turbine Engines
- Part
- Fcu
- Part number
- 8061328B
- Part serial
- 2240791
- Condition
- Faulty
- Location
- Rt Engine
- Stage of operation
- CR
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- R, J
- Precautionary procedure
- A
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.