Service difficulty report · Circuit Breaker · Beech C90A

Difficulty date
November 21, 2000
Submitted
December 18, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Beech C90A
Aircraft time
4,306 hours
Engine
Pwa PT6A21
Part
Circuit Breaker
Part number
16001260
Condition
Failed
Location
Under The Floor
Part time
4,637 hours
Component
Hyd Pwr Pac Moto · Beech · 1153800025
Stage of operation
DE
How discovered
C
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

(CAN) REFERENCE: TRANSPORT CANADA REQUEST THROUGH FEEDBACK 2/2000. ON 18 AUGUST 2000 PILOT REPORTED UNSAFE NOSE GEAR INDICATION, ON DESCENT, THE GEAR WAS EXTENDED MANUALLY (EMERGENCY). AIRCRAFT LANDED SAFELY. DURING INVESTIGATION, IT WAS OBSERVED THAT THE HYDRAULIC POWER PAC MOTOR 60 AMP CIRCUIT BREAKER WAS TRIPPED. THE CIRCUIT BREAKER WAS RESET AND GEAR RETRACTIONS WERE CARRIED OUT. MAINTENANCE COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM ON THEGROUND. AFTER NUMBER OF EXTENSIONS AND RETRACTIONS, AIRCRAFT WAS RELEASED TO SERVICE. (X)

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