Service difficulty report · Annunciator · Cessna 650

Difficulty date
August 15, 2012
Submitted
August 16, 2012
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N825JW
Make and model
Cessna 650
Aircraft serial
6500082
Aircraft time
8,886 hours
Engine
Garrtt TFE7313C
Part
Annunciator
Part number
629808827
Part serial
068
Condition
False Indication
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

AT FL170, CREW RECEIVED A FUEL LOW PRESSURE, HYD PRESSURE LOW, FUEL F/W SHUTOFF, AND AN EMERGENCY PRESSURE INDICATIONS. IN ADDITION, THE MASTER WARNING SWITCH LIGHT CAPSULES ILLUMINATED AND COULD NOT BE CANCELED OR RESET. CREW NOTED NORMAL FUEL FLOW, HYD PRESSURE, AND PRESSURIZATION INDICATIONS. CREW ELECTED TO PROCEEDED ON TO THE DESTINATION AND MADE AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING. ON INITIAL POWER UP INDICATIONS ON THE MASTER WARNING PANEL APPEARED NORMAL. ROTARY TEST SWITCH WAS SELECTED TO "ANNUN" AND MAINTENANCE OBSERVED THAT ONLY ROUGHLY 1/3 OF THE 44 SWITCH CAPSULES ILLUMINATED. A REPLACEMENT ANNUNCIATOR PANEL WAS PROCURED AND INSTALLED. FUNCTIONAL TESTS WERE SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED, RESTORING AIRCRAFT OPERATION. REMOVED UNIT HAD BEEN INSTALLED 2 WEEKS AND 11 HOURS PRIOR TO ADDRESS AN INTERMITTENT MASTER WARNING TRIGGER THAT WAS NOT CANCELABLE, THAT WAS NOT ASSOCIATED WITH ANY ANNUNCIATOR ILLUMINATION.

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