Reporter refused to ferry an aircraft with an inoperative automatic feather system.

Attributes
ACN	245018
Time
Date	199306
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : uca
State Reference	NY
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Medium Transport, High Wing, 2 Turboprop Eng
Flight Phase	ground : preflight
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 240 flight time total : 8000 flight time type : 850
ASRS Report	245018
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Taxied out for the first flight of the day. We are required to do a runup. Doing the automatic feather test we could not get the automatic feather system to arm, test, or feather. We then called ground control and returned to the gate and deplaned passenger. I called maintenance. They asked if I would ferry the aircraft to a maintenance base. I said no because this particular aircraft has had a history of automatic feather problems in the past.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: RPTR REFUSED TO FERRY AN ACFT WITH AN INOP AUTO FEATHER SYS.

Narrative: TAXIED OUT FOR THE FIRST FLT OF THE DAY. WE ARE REQUIRED TO DO A RUNUP. DOING THE AUTO FEATHER TEST WE COULD NOT GET THE AUTO FEATHER SYS TO ARM, TEST, OR FEATHER. WE THEN CALLED GND CTL AND RETURNED TO THE GATE AND DEPLANED PAX. I CALLED MAINT. THEY ASKED IF I WOULD FERRY THE ACFT TO A MAINT BASE. I SAID NO BECAUSE THIS PARTICULAR ACFT HAS HAD A HISTORY OF AUTO FEATHER PROBS IN THE PAST.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.