SDR 2020F00033

Service difficulty report · Static Inverter · Braero HS125700A

Difficulty date
November 4, 2019
Submitted
February 4, 2020
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N564BR
Make and model
Braero HS125700A
Aircraft serial
NA0287
Engine
Garrtt TFE731*
Part
Static Inverter
Part number
501123501
Part serial
1469
Condition
Failed
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 THE FIRST LEG OF A FOUR LEG TRIP, THE INVERTER FAILED, AND FAILED TO RESET, AS WE WERE DESCENDING INTO DALLAS FOR A LANDING AT ADDISON (KADS) THE FAILURE OCCURED. WE ADVISED THE PASSENGERS, AND SINCE WE WERE PICKING UP AN ADDITIONAL PASSENGER FOR THEIR MEETING AT AUSTIN TX (KAUS), I ADVISED THAT IF WE LANDED IN ADDISON, WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO DISPATCH TO THEIR NEXT DESTINATION, KAUS. THEY ASKED THAT WE NOT LAND IN KADS, AND TO DIVERT TO KAUS, WHICH WE DID. WE ARRAINGED FOR ANOTHER OPERTOR TO FINISH THE PASSENGERS RETURN LEG, AND HAD AN INVERTER SHIPPED THE NEXT DAY TO REPLACE OUR INOPERATIVE INVERTER.