Service difficulty report · Autofeather Sys · Aerosp ATR72212A

Difficulty date
August 23, 2009
Submitted
August 27, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N498AT
Make and model
Aerosp ATR72212A
Aircraft serial
498
Aircraft time
20,043 hours, 23,765 cycles
Engine
Pwc PW127F
Engine time
17,218 hours, 20,358 cycles
Part
Autofeather Sys
Part number
30048000018
Part serial
MM1209
Condition
Failed
Location
Lt Eng
Part time
23,049 hours, 26,067 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
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.

What was found

ENG NR 1 FAILED ON UPWIND AT 400 AGL AFTER TAKEOFF. NO MASTER CAUTION OR MASTER WARNINGS. FOLLOWED AOM VOL 1 PROCEDURES AND RETURN FOR LANDING. EMERGENCY DECLARED. PERFORMED FDR DOWNLOAD IAW ETN NR E2-31-030R2. PERFORMED PROCEDURE OF READING EEC MEMORY FAULT CODES ON NR 1 ENG THROUGH ACARS IAW JIC NR 23-24-00. REMOVED AND REPLACED LT AFU IAW JIC NR 72-01-10 AND PERFORMED OPT TEST OF AFU AND ENG UPTRIM SYS IAW JIC NR 61-22-00. ALSO PERFORMED DVI, CLEANED AND RESHRINK WRAPPED OF LT ENG NR 1 AND NR 2 TORQUE SENSORS IAW JIC NR 77-13-61. ACFT RELEASED FOR FCF AND FOUND SATISFACTORY.

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