Service difficulty report · Power Supply · Gulstm GVI

Difficulty date
May 9, 2016
Submitted
May 17, 2016
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N6D
Make and model
Gulstm GVI
Aircraft serial
6126
Aircraft time
373 hours, 159 cycles
Part
Power Supply
Part number
100241007
Part serial
11493282
Condition
Shorted
Location
Fly By Wire
Part time
373 hours, 159 cycles
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

ON PREFLIGHT THE UNINTERRUPTABLE POWER SUPPLY, FOR THE FLY-BY-WIRE SYSTEM WOULD NOT TEST. SUBSEQUENT INVESTIGATION RELEVELED THAT WIGGLING THE CIRCUIT BREAKER ON THE FRONT OF THE UNIT WOULD CAUSE THE UNIT TO INTERMITTENTLY START AND FAIL. UNIT HAD RECENTLY BE MODIFIED IAW MFG CUSTOMER BULLETIN 104A.