Service difficulty report · Inverter · Dhav DHC8202

Difficulty date
October 21, 2014
Submitted
October 22, 2014
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N803MR
Make and model
Dhav DHC8202
Aircraft serial
626
Aircraft time
4,450 hours, 2,063 cycles
System (JASC)
2422 · AC Inverter
Part
Inverter
Part number
1B80016MODA
Part serial
N89599603
Condition
Leaking
Location
Aft Cargo Bay
Part time
4,450 hours
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
K, B
Precautionary procedure
H

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

What was found

AIRCRAFT WAS POWERED BY POWER CART AND MISSION SYSTEMS CHECK WAS IN PROGRESS. SMOKE SUDDENLY APPEARED IN CABIN, SOURCE FOUND IN REAR AVIONICS RACK INSTALLED IN BAGGAGE COMPARTMENT. NOTE: THIS IS NOT A NORMAL AIRCRAFT CONFIGURATION, THIS IS A GOVERNMENT ACFT, BUT THE INVERTER MAY BE UTILIZED IN SIMILAR AIRCRAFT. POWER WAS REMOVED FROM ALL SYSTEMS AND ACFT SHUTDOWN AND EVACUATED. INVESTIGATION REVEALED SUBSTANCE DRIPPING FROM BLOWN INVERTER. NO CIRCUIT BREAKERS WERE UPSET, NOR WERE THERE ANY PRIOR INDICATIONS OF FAILURE. THE SMOKE CREATED WAS EXTREMELY ACRID WITH AN EXTREME ROTTEN EGG ODOR. IF THIS HAPPENED IN FLIGHT, ALL OCCUPANTS WOULD HAVE TO BE ON OXYGEN IMMEDIATELY.