Service difficulty report · Transducer · Beech 99

Difficulty date
August 3, 2023
Submitted
September 1, 2023
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N95WA
Make and model
Beech 99
Aircraft serial
U6
Aircraft time
47,552 hours, 48,441 cycles
Engine
Pwa PT6A27
Engine time
40,539 hours, 66,997 cycles
Propeller
Hartzl HCB3TN3
Part
Transducer
Part number
ST502J1
Part serial
0830221
Condition
Unknown
Location
Unknown
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

AFTER TAKEOFF WHILE CLIMBING THROUGH ROUGHLY 6000 FEET THE TORQUE AND ITT BEGAN TO SLOWLY FALL. AFTER PILOT NOTICED THE DECREASE HE REQUESTED TO GO BACK TOWARD THE AIRPORT AND BEGAN TO TROUBLE SHOOT. HE INCREASED AND DECREASED THE POWER LEVERS AND NOTICED VERY LITTLE CHANGE. THE TORQUE KEP SLOWLY DECREASING. HE CYCLED THROUGH INVERTERS TO ENSURE IT WASN'T A GAUGE. AT THAT TIME HE REQUESTED A CLEARANCE BACK TO THE AIRPORT AT WHICH TIME HE EXECUTED A VISUAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY 28R.

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