Service difficulty report · Diode · Cessna 750

Difficulty date
December 20, 2014
Submitted
December 25, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N756XJ
Make and model
Cessna 750
Aircraft serial
7500256
Aircraft time
8,962 hours, 4,599 cycles
Part
Diode
Condition
Failed
Location
Electrical Sys
Stage of operation
DE
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
H

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

What was found

WHILE ON DESCENT, FLIGHT CREW RECEIVED A GEN OFF R AMBER CAS MSG. THE APU WAS THEN STARTED TO BRING THE APU GEN ONLINE & WITHIN MOMENTS THERE WAS AN APU GEN OFF AMBER CAS MSG POSTED. DURING THIS TIME THE BATTERY CROSS TIE WAS CLOSED & SOON REOPENED DUE TO A 500 AMP DRAW ON THE LT SIDE. WITH DISTRACTIONS FROM THE ELEC MALFUNCTION THEY OVERSHOT THE FINAL & ELECTED TO GO AROUND WITH FLAPS AT 15 & GEAR UP. ON VECTORS BACK TO THE RUNWAY THEY RECEIVED A BATT 2 O’TEMP AMBER CAS MSG, SO BATTERY 2 WAS TURNED OFF IAW THE CHECKLIST. AN EMER WAS DECLARED AT THIS POINT. ALSO POSTED WAS AN AMBER DAU 2 FAIL, FOLLOWED BY DU’S 4 & 5, FMS 2, NR 2 RADIO & GEAR INDICATION, ALL ITEMS ON RT EMER BUS & RT MAIN BUS FAILED. WHEN SELECTED THE GEAR & FLAPS FAILED TO EXTEND, THE EMER GEAR EXTENSION WAS UTILIZED & GEAR DOWN WAS VERIFIED BY THE TOWER. AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING WAS ACCOMPLISHED. THE RT BATTERY WAS NOT BEING CHARGED BY THE GEN. TRANSORB PN S3106-5 & DIODES PN S3106-3 WERE REPLACED WITH NEW & FUNCTIONAL CHECKS WERE FOUND TO BE NORMAL. THE LG PNEUMATIC OVERRIDE VLV & EMER GEAR RELEASE HANDLE WERE RESET TO NORMAL POSITION. MULTIPLE GEAR SWING FUNCTIONAL CHECKS PERFORMED WITH NO DEFECTS NOTED.

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