# SDR 95ZZZX3151

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: May 23, 1995
- Submitted: March 26, 2000
- Operation: General aviation
- Aircraft: [N40TH](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N40TH), registered now
- Make and model: Amd FALCON50MYST
- Aircraft serial: 85
- System (JASC): [3455 · Automatic Direction Finder (ADF) System](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/3455)
- Part: Control Head
- Part number: G686201
- Condition: Shorted
- Location: Nr 2 Adf
- Component: Gables
- Stage of operation: NR
- Nature of condition: O
- Precautionary procedure: A
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/95ZZZX3151

## Discrepancy

CIRCUIT BREAKER FOR THE NR 2 ADF TRIPPED.  WAS RESET, AND BREAKER TRIPPED AGAIN WITHIN SECONDS.  AFTER RETURNING TO BASE, TROUBLESHOOTING REVEALED THERE WAS A SHORT IN THE CONTROL PANEL FOR THE NR 2 ADF.  AFTER REMOVING THE CONTROL HEAD, THE UNIT SMELLED BURNED.  UNIT WAS SUBMITTED TO MANUFACTURER FOR REPAIR.

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