Service difficulty report · Control Unit · Aerosp ATR72212

Difficulty date
February 3, 2011
Submitted
February 8, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N414WF
Make and model
Aerosp ATR72212
Aircraft serial
414
Aircraft time
31,466 hours, 30,745 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW127
Engine time
27,469 hours, 26,298 cycles
Part
Control Unit
Part number
30048000018
Part serial
MM1342
Condition
Erratic
Location
Autofeather
Part time
22,631 hours, 21,969 cycles
Stage of operation
DE
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
H, J
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

DURING DESCENT NR 1 ENGINE LOST POWER FOR 10 SECONDS OR LESS. ENG WARNING ON CAP NR 1 TORQUE INDICATE WENT TO ZERO & ACW GEN WENT OFF LINE. POWER RETURNED TO NORMAL. PERFORMEDED OPS CK IAW EX-055007-CS-20000-001. COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. OPS CHECKED GOOD. LT/ENG NH AND NL INDICATION ERRATIC ON LOW POWER SETTING. R & R LT ENGINE AUTO FEATHER CONTROL UNIT IAW MM 72-01-10. PERFORMED GROUND RUN PERFORMANCE CHECK IAW 72-00-00-ERU-10040 AND 61-22-00-OPT-10010-003. NO DEFECTS FOUND.

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