Service difficulty report · Circuit Breaker · Doug DC932

Difficulty date
December 29, 2008
Submitted
December 29, 2008
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N986AX
Make and model
Doug DC932
Aircraft serial
47543
Aircraft time
55,458 hours, 51,931 cycles
Part
Circuit Breaker
Condition
Defective
Location
Cockpit
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

AT 4000 FT DC EMERGENCY BUS OFF LIGHT ILLUMINATED WITH ASSOCIATED MASTER WARNING. SHORTLY THEREAFTER THE NR 1 ADDU FAILED. WHEN THIS HAPPENED THE DC EMERGENCY BUS OFF ANNUNCIATOR EXTINGUISHED. PERFORMED ADJUST/TEST DC GENERATION. PERFORMED ADJUSTMENT AND TEST OF EMERGENCY POWER SWITCH IAW AMM 24-23-02-2. DURING TROUBLESHOOTING, NOTICED THE LT WINDSHIELD WIPER CIRCUIT BREAKER HAD A CORNER CRACKED OUT OF IT AND WIRE WAS BROKEN ON A TERMINAL LUG. REPLACED TERMINAL LUG AND LT WINDSHIELD WIPER C/B. OPS CHECKED GOOD. REPLACED EMERGENCY DC BUS FEED C/B. REPLACED MASTER CAUTION LIGHT ASSY. ALL TESTS GOOD.

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