Service difficulty report · Wire · Beech B100

Difficulty date
February 14, 2002
Submitted
April 15, 2002
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Beech B100
Aircraft time
6,642 hours
Part
Wire
Part number
AIRDATA115VAC
Condition
Chafed
Location
Adc
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
G, H
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

(CAN) TWO DAYS RUNNING THE AIR DATA COMPUTER CIRCUIT PROTECTION FUSE OPENED CAUSING LOSS OF THECAPTAINS ALTIMETER, THE ALTITUDE PRE-SELECT, AND THE MODE C TRANSPONDER FUNCTION. ON THE FIRST DAY THE FAILURE OCCURRED WHILE THE AIRCRAFT WAS AWAY FROM BASE, AND HAD TO BE FERRIED VFR TO EDMONTON WHERE THE ADC AND THE FUSE WERE REPLACED. SPECIAL PERMISSION WAS OBTAINED TO ALLOW THE LANDING IN YXD. ON A RETURN FLIGHT TO CALGARY THE NEXT DAY THE SAME FAILURE OCCURRED AGAIN AFTER APPROXIMATELY 3 HOURS FLYING. THE PROBLEM IS CURRENTLY UNDER INVESTIGATION TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE. SO FAR THE SYSTEM HAS RUN FOR 4 HOURS ON THE GROUND WITHOUT FAILURE.

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