SDR 2024F00131

Service difficulty report · Control Panel · Bombdr BD1001A10

Difficulty date
February 24, 2024
Submitted
May 9, 2024
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N945AC
Make and model
Bombdr BD1001A10
Aircraft serial
20442
Aircraft time
3,960 hours, 2,051 cycles
Part
Control Panel
Part number
975GC02Y08
Part serial
432R
Condition
Faulty
Location
Aft Compartment
Part time
3,960 hours, 2,051 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
G
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

THE CREW EXPERIENCED AN VOLTAGE DROP TO BELOW 23.5 VOLTS ON MULTIPLE FLIGHTS TRIGGERING THE GEN #1 FAIL CAS MESSAGE. DISCREPANCY COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED ON THE GROUND AND WAS EXTREMELY INTERMITTENT IN FLIGHT. THE GENERATOR CONTROL UNITS WERE SWAPPED AND THE PROBLEM DID NOT FOLLOW. THE PCB'S WERE SWAPPED AND THE PROBLEM DID NOT FOLLOW. THE #1 GENERATOR WAS CHANGED AND THE PROBLEM REMAINED. BOMBARDIER TROUBLESHOT THE PROBLEM TO THE LEFT HAND DIRECT CURRENT POWER CONTROL UNIT. THIS UNIT HAD BEEN RECENTLY INSTALLED THE MONTH PRIOR TO COMPLY WITH AN AD. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION OF THE TEAR DOWN REPORT, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THIS DCPC HAD BEEN REMOVED FROM A PREVIOUS AIRCRAFT FOR THE SAME EXACT SQUAWK THAT WE HAD BEEN TROUBLESHOOTING. DESPITE KNOWING THE DISCREPANCY COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED ON THE GROUND, THE REPAIR CENTER MARKED IT AS "NO FAULT FOUND" AND RELEASED IN "REPAIRED" CONDITION. AFTER REPLACING THE LH DCPC, WE HAVE NOT EXPERIENCED ANY FURTHER FAULTS OF ANY KIND. PLEASE NOTE: THE MANUFACTURER OF THE PART IS SAFRAN ELECTRICAL AND POWER, AND THAT IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE 5(B) DROPDOWN BELOW.