Service difficulty report · Circuit Board · Amd FALCON50MYST

Difficulty date
April 16, 2012
Submitted
April 26, 2012
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N943RL
Make and model
Amd FALCON50MYST
Aircraft serial
088
Aircraft time
10,619 hours, 6,580 cycles
Part
Circuit Board
Part number
242501
Condition
Burned
Location
Zone 200
Part time
10,619 hours, 6,580 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B, J
Precautionary procedure
H, A

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

What was found

ACFT DEPARTED, AT CRUISE ALTITUDE, CREW NOTICED AN ODOR AND A RT PITOT HEAT LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE ANNUNCIATOR PANEL. THE CREW SELECTED OFF POSITION ON RT PITOT/STATIC HEAT AND IDENTIFIED AND PULLED THE CIRCUIT BREAKER THAT CONTROLS THAT CIRCUIT. THE ODOR DISSIPATED. THE ACFT DID NOT REQUIRE SPECIAL HANDLING NOR DID IT DEVIATE FROM ITS FLIGHT PLAN ROUTE EXCEPT THE CREW REQUESTED AND ATC CLEARED THE ACFT BACK TO DEPARTURE POINT. ON INSPECTION, FOUND THAT THE CIRCUIT BOARD ON THE RT RELAY/CONTROL BOARD PANEL BEHIND THE F/O SEAT WAS BURNED. AFTER DISASSEMBLE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT A RESISTER ON THE BOARD HAD BURNED THROUGH AND AFFECTED THE BOARDS ABILITY TO CONTROL THE HEAT SYS OF THE PITOT/STATIC SYS.