Service difficulty report · Pcb · Bombdr BD1001A10

Difficulty date
February 11, 2021
Submitted
February 14, 2021
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N551XJ
Make and model
Bombdr BD1001A10
Aircraft serial
20324
Aircraft time
11,340 hours, 4,954 cycles
Part
Pcb
Condition
Not Seated
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

DURING CLIMB THROUGH FL 350, THE FLIGHT CREW RECEIVED A WHITE CAS MESSAGE (L)(R) BATT OFF AND (L)(R) GEN OFF, FOLLOWED BY CYAN ELECT FAULT. IT WAS INTERMITTENT FOR ABOUT 45 SECONDS AND THEN CLEARED. RAN THE QRH, WHICH INSTRUCTED PILOTS TO MONITOR THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. THE FLIGHT CREW CONTACTED COMPANY MAINTENANCE CONTROL AND ADVISED THEM OF THE SITUATION, ALL AGREED TO CONTINUE SINCE IT HAD CLEARED. ONCE REACHING FL 410, ALL THE INDICATIONS CAME BACK AND WERE INTERMITTENT THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE FLIGHT. THE CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND LANDED IN RNO WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE WAS SECURED TO INSPECT AND REPAIR THE AIRCRAFT. THE MDC WAS DOWNLOADED AND REVIEWED, NO RELATED FAULTS WERE PRESENT. THE PCB1 AND PCB3 WERE RE-SEATED VARIOUS TIMES, ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS ON ALL THREE GENERATORS WERE CHECKED FOR CORROSION AND SECURITY. NO DEFECTS WERE NOTED. OPERATIONAL CHECKS OF THE ENGINE AND APU GENERATORS WAS ACCOMPLISHED WITH NO FAULTS NOTED. A MAINTENANCE CHECK FLIGHT OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS PERFORM SATISFACTORILY AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.