Service difficulty report · Power Supply · Gulstm G1159

Difficulty date
August 1, 2000
Submitted
August 28, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N154C
Make and model
Gulstm G1159
Aircraft serial
253
Part
Power Supply
Part number
AL5112
Part serial
2521
Condition
Defective
Location
Upwash Light Sys
Part time
1,735 hours
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

WHILE PERFORMING A ROUTINE POST-FLIGHT INSPECTION, SMOKE WAS FOUND COMING FROM BEHIND THE VALANCE PANEL AREA NEAR FWD LT EMERG EXIT WINDOW. FOUND PROTECTED POWER SUPPLY (PPU) FOR ONE OF THE UPWASH FLUORESCENT LIGHT BULBS HAD BEEN DEFECTIVE. SIMILAR OCCCURRENCE ON 9-99 ON SAME ACFT WITH SAME P/N PPU (AL-5112), SN 2526. (X)