Service difficulty report · Transistor · Dhav DHC8102

Difficulty date
January 7, 2004
Submitted
April 1, 2004
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Dhav DHC8102
Aircraft time
33,079 hours
Engine
Pwa PW120A
Propeller
Hamstd 14SF7
System (JASC)
2422 · AC Inverter
Part
Transistor
Part number
048503
Condition
Shorted
Location
Inverter
Component
Inverter · Phoenix · DH103024600C
Component part number
DH103024600CS2B
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
L

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

What was found

(CAN) COMPONENT RESPONSIBLE FOR INVERTER FAILURE WAS DRIVER TRANSISTOR WHICH SHORTED. ON APPROACH MSTR CAUTION LIGHT ILLUMINATED GPWS, PRIM INV, SEC INV, AUX INV, L626AC AND/OR R26AC BUSES, BOTH TCAS S AND IVSI S FLAGGED, LASTED 1-2 MIN. AND THEN RETURNED TO NORMAL. MSTR CAUTION COULD NOT BE RESET, CONTINUOUSLY FLASHING. INITIATED MISSED APPROACH AND DIVERTED. FOUND SECONDARY INV. OUTPUT VOLTAGE LOW. REPLACED SEC. INV. REPLACED 400 HZ 115V/26V TRANSFMR T1. REPLACED 400HZ CNTRL BOX. REPLACED PRIMARY INV. OPERATION TEST OF AC400 HZ SYSTEM SERVICEABLE IAW MM. INVERTERS SENT OUT TO VENDOR AND RETURNED TO JAZZ WITH WO CONFIRMING FAULT, AND NAMING THE DIVER TRANSISTOR AS THE CULPRIT COMPONENT.