Service difficulty report · Fuel Control · Cessna 550

Difficulty date
January 23, 2010
Submitted
January 27, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N78CK
Make and model
Cessna 550
Aircraft serial
5500319
Aircraft time
10,291 hours, 9,080 cycles
Engine
Pwa JT15D4
Engine time
9,986 hours, 8,732 cycles
Part
Fuel Control
Part number
32447593
Part serial
A92723
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Rt Engine
Part time
3,055 hours, 2,969 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
E, A

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

What was found

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED KNOXVILLE, TN EN ROUTE TO HAMMOND, LA ON A PART 91 FLIGHT. NEARING FL 330 WHILE CLIMBING TO FL 360, THE CREW REDUCED THE POWER ON BOTH ENGINES TO REMAIN WITHIN OPERATING LIMITS. THE RIGHT ENGINE WOULD NOT RESPOND TO THROTTLE MOVEMENTS AND WAS SHUTDOWN BY MOVING THE THROTTLE TO THE CUT OFF POSITION. THE CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY, RETURNED TO KNOXVILLE, AND MADE AN UNEVENTFUL SINGLE ENGINE LANDING. TIME FROM ENGINE SHUTDOWN TO LANDING WAS APPROXIMATELY 20 MINUTES.

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