Service difficulty report · Resistor · Beech A100

Difficulty date
November 1, 2005
Submitted
June 6, 2006
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Beech A100
Aircraft time
11,554 hours
Engine
Pwa PT6A28
Propeller
Hartzl HCB4TN3
Part
Resistor
Part number
EA85098
Condition
Open
Location
Volt Regulator
Component
Volt Regulator · Bendix
Component part number
15891D
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B, H
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

LT GEN FAIL ANNUNCIATOR LIGHT ILLUMINATED IN CRUISE. ATTEMPED RESET BY SWITCHING LT GEN OFF, WAITED 10 SECONDS, THEN SWITCHED BACK ON. RESULT WAS BRIEF SMALL PUFF OF SMOKE FROM INSTRUMENT PANEL, SUBSEQUENTLY FOUND TO BE BURN OF GPS ANNUNCIATOR BRT/DIM/TEST MODULE P/N 3423-P14 C/B, THEN PILOT SIDE ALT C/B TRIPPED. ATC WAS ADVISED AND IMMEDIATE RETURN TO AERODROME OF DEPARTURE REQUESTED. LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. AMO INVESTIGATION REVEALED LT GENERATOR HAD FAILED DUE TO AN OPEN CIRCUIT RESISTOR IN THE VOLTAGE REGULATOR, AND THAT RESETTING CAUSED A VOLTAGE SPIKE WHICH BURNED OUT GPS MODULE C/B DESCRIBED ABOVE, AND ALSO DAMAGED ALT SELECTOR P/N 065-0053-00 AND TRIPPED PILOT SIDE ALT C/B.

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