An air carrier light transport crew had a propeller misbehave on takeoff that caused them to return ...

Attributes
ACN	249673
Time
Date	199308
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	0001 To 0600
Place
Locale Reference	airport : sgf
State Reference	MO
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 1000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : sgf
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Light Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turboprop Eng
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	climbout : takeoff climbout : initial
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 230 flight time total : 21000 flight time type : 230
ASRS Report	249673
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	aircraft : equipment problem dissipated other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Takeoff normal at springfield in aircraft. When setting climb power, the right propeller indicator came back to approximately 1100 RPM. (Normal being 1270 RPM.) the right propeller appeared to be unresponsive to any change. All other engine indications were normal. We made a normal landing at springfield with no problem. On the ground we ran all checks and tests again and found everything to be normal. Departed springfield for a normal flight to dallas. Appears to have been one of those electronic glitches that fixes itself.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AN ACR LTT CREW HAD A PROP MISBEHAVE ON TKOF THAT CAUSED THEM TO RETURN LAND.

Narrative: TKOF NORMAL AT SPRINGFIELD IN ACFT. WHEN SETTING CLB PWR, THE R PROP INDICATOR CAME BACK TO APPROX 1100 RPM. (NORMAL BEING 1270 RPM.) THE R PROP APPEARED TO BE UNRESPONSIVE TO ANY CHANGE. ALL OTHER ENG INDICATIONS WERE NORMAL. WE MADE A NORMAL LNDG AT SPRINGFIELD WITH NO PROB. ON THE GND WE RAN ALL CHKS AND TESTS AGAIN AND FOUND EVERYTHING TO BE NORMAL. DEPARTED SPRINGFIELD FOR A NORMAL FLT TO DALLAS. APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN ONE OF THOSE ELECTRONIC GLITCHES THAT FIXES ITSELF.

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.

An air carrier light transport crew had a propeller misbehave on takeoff that caused them to return land.