SDR 96ZZZX5943

Service difficulty report · Switch · Cessna 425

Difficulty date
November 19, 1996
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N35TK
Make and model
Cessna 425
Aircraft serial
4250088
Part
Switch
Part number
MTA206R
Condition
Malfunction
Location
Bat/Gen
Part time
3,337 hours
Stage of operation
IN
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

LEFT HAND GENERATOR APPEARED TO CARRY ONLY 60 AMP LOAD. TROUBLESHOT TO AN INDICATION ERROR. FOUND BAT/GEN SWITCH TO CAUSE LEFT GENERATOR AMMETER INDICATION ERROR. INSTALLED NEW SWITCH OPERATIONAL TEST GOOD. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS FACILITY HAS FOUND THIS PROBLEM.

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