Service difficulty report · Warning System · Pilats PC1245

Difficulty date
December 19, 2002
Submitted
January 6, 2003
Operation
Air carrier
Make and model
Pilats PC1245
Aircraft time
643 hours
Engine
Pwa PT6A67B
Propeller
Hartzl HCE4A3D
Part
Warning System
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Wing De-Ice
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

(CAN) DE-ICE CAUTION LIGHT ILLUMINATED ALONG WITH A FLASHING 'DEICE BOOTS'. BOOT INFLATION SEQUENCE APPEARED TO BE FUNCTIONING NORMALLY. CONTINUITY & FUNCTION CHECK OF ALL 5 PRESSURE SWITCHES REVEALED NO FAULTS. FUNCTIONAL TESTS USING BOTH SHOP EQUIPMENT AND ENGINE RUNNING WERE PERFORMED WITH NO FAULTS. PROBLEM COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. A DE-ICE TIMER WAS ORDERED, TO BE REPLACED AS SUSPECT DUE TO THE ELAPSED TIME OF SEQUENCES MAY NOT AGREE WITH THE CENTRAL ADVISORY AND WARNING SYSTEM.