What was found
SUSPECT VOLTAGE REGULATOR FAILED, AND ALTERNATOR PUT OUT EXCESSIVE VOLTAGE, WHICH THEN BURNT OUT THE 60-AMP CIRCUIT BREAKER INTERNALLY AND WAS THE SOURCE OF SMOKE IN CABIN. RECOMMEND LIFE LIMIT ON ALTERNATOR OUTPUT CIRCUIT BREAKER.
- Difficulty date
- April 4, 2024
- Submitted
- April 4, 2024
- Operation
- General aviation
- Aircraft
- N71924
- Make and model
- Cessna TU206C
- Aircraft serial
- U2061226
- System (JASC)
- 2497 · Electrical Power System Wiring
- Part
- Circuit Breaker
- Part number
- S159660
- Condition
- Failed
- Location
- Cockpit
- Part time
- 10,967 hours
- 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.