What was found
IMMEDIATELY AFTER ROTATION THE LT PROPELLER AUTO FEATHERED. PILOT REDUCED POWER & IMMEDIATELY LANDED, ABORTING THE TAKEOFF. THE PROBLEM WAS DISCOVERED TO BE A FAULTY AUTO FEATHER LOW PRESS SWITCH.
- Difficulty date
- January 8, 2016
- Submitted
- January 11, 2016
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N127BA
- Make and model
- Beech 1900C
- Aircraft serial
- UB7
- Aircraft time
- 27,533 hours, 39,160 cycles
- Engine
- Pwa PT6A65B
- Engine time
- 31,228 hours, 43,188 cycles
- Propeller
- Hartzl HCB4MP3
- System (JASC)
- 6123 · Propeller Feathering/Reversing
- Part
- Pressure Switch
- Part number
- 5038912929
- Condition
- Faulty
- Location
- Autofeather Sys
- Stage of operation
- TO
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- R
- Precautionary procedure
- C
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.