Service difficulty report · Fdu · Cessna 525B

Difficulty date
October 19, 2010
Submitted
October 25, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N430CS
Make and model
Cessna 525B
Aircraft serial
525B0185
Aircraft time
2,951 hours, 2,108 cycles
Engine
Wilint FJ443A
Engine time
2,860 hours, 2,049 cycles
Part
Fdu
Part number
78834
Part serial
CL7APU0689
Condition
Faulty
Location
Rt Engine
Part time
2,860 hours, 2,049 cycles
Stage of operation
DE
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
X, J
Precautionary procedure
L

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

What was found

ENROUTE, CREW PULLED BACK BOTH THROTTLES TO FLIGHT IDLE AND RT ENGINE ROLLED BACK AND SHUTDOWN. AFTER GOING THROUGH AFM CHECK LIST CREW DETERMINED A RESTART WAS A VIABLE OPTION AND ON START ATTEMPT, ENGINE STARTED SUCCESSFULLY. AS DESTINATION WAS UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT, THEY ELECTED TO DIVERT AND AS A PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND LANDED ACFT WITHOUT INCIDENT. MFG PERSONNEL TRAVELED TO DIVERTED AIRPORT, AND AFTER TROUBLESHOOTING, DETERMINED THE FUEL DELIVERY UNIT WAS AT FAULT. RT ENGINE FUEL DELIVERY UNIT WAS REPLACED, ACFT WAS GROUND RUN SATISFACTORILY AND AN OPS FLIGHT CHECK WAS PERFORMED SUCCESSFULLY. ACFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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