Service difficulty report · Governor · Hughes 369

Difficulty date
November 7, 2019
Submitted
January 8, 2020
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N717MA
Make and model
Hughes 369
Aircraft serial
500701D
Engine
Allsn 250C20R
Part
Governor
Part number
M25010844
Part serial
17487
Condition
Failed
Location
Engine
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
R
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

LOW SIDE GOVERNOR FAILURE, EPO ILLUMINATED, N1, N2, TORQUE DROP INDICATOR LOSS OF POWER. PILOT LANDED IMMEDIATELY WITHOUT INCIDENT. UPON POWER DOWN THE PILOT LOWERED THE COLLECTIVE AND THE RPM SEEMED TO SPOOL UP AND FLUCTUATE. PILOT ROLLED THROTTLE TO IDLE AND FLUCTUATED AT IDLE AS WELL. PILOT SHUT THE ENGINE DOWN. REPLACEMENT OF THE GOVERNOR REPAIRED THE PROBLEM. THIS UNIT HAD GONE IN FOR REPAIR 3 TIMES BEFORE THE RPM AND ADJUSTMENT ISSUES. TSO 1372.6 TREM 627.4

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