Service difficulty report · Switch · Raythn HAWKER800XP

Difficulty date
May 7, 2009
Submitted
May 7, 2009
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N733A
Make and model
Raythn HAWKER800XP
Aircraft serial
258687
Engine
Garrtt TFE731*
Part
Switch
Part number
9006EN42
Condition
Corroded
Location
Warning System
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

DURING POSTFLIGHT INSPECTION FOUND THAT THE CABIN ALT WARNING HORN WOULD NOT SILENCE. LEG DOWNLOCK MICROSWITCH (JM)P/N 9006EN42 FOUND TO BE LEAKING 4 VOLTS FROM PIN 4 TO PIN 5 DUE TO CORROSION . 4 VOLTS WAS NOT ENOUGH TO PULL IN THE COIL ON RELAY (AD) BUT IT WAS ENOUGH TO HOLD THE COIL AFTER YOU TESTED THE HORN. RELAY (AD) SERVES THREE SYSTEMS, CABIN ALTITUDE, GEAR WARNING AND CONFIGURATION IN ORDER TO BLOW A WARNING HORN. INSTALLED ONE NEW SWITCH P/N 9006EN42 AND CUT OPEN THE OLD SWITCH AND FOUND A TINY BIT OF CORROSION BETWEEN PIN 4 AND 5. PIN 4 HAS 28 VOLTS ALL THE TIME AND PIN 5 IS ONE OF THREE WIRES THAT SERVES THE COIL ON RELAY (AD)