Service difficulty report · Transistor

Difficulty date
December 4, 2009
Submitted
January 19, 2010
Operation
General aviation
Part
Transistor
Condition
Damaged
Location
Circuit Card
Part time
54 hours
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

(CAN) PART RECEIVED FROM THE CUSTOMER WITH THE FOLLOWING COMPLAINT: "SMOKE CAME OUT OF TOP OF UNIT WHILE IN THE ACFT POWERED DOWN THE UNIT, TRIED TO POWER UP THE UNIT, WOULD NOT POWER UP. UNIT IS INOP. BRING SYS BACK TO BASELINE. MARK TAG AS REPAIRED. UNIT WAS REMOVED. ACFT REGISTRATION NOT PROVIDED. L11 INDUCTOR WITH A-TYPICAL BEHAVIOR MAY POTENTIALLY CAUSE DAMAGE TO THE POWER TRANSISTOR Q16 IN THE 1.25VDC POWER CIRCUIT OF THE CPU BOARD. IF THIS OCCURS, IT MAY EMIT SMOKE AND A BURNING ODOR. CMC ELECTRONICS SB CMA-1100-46-23 ADDRESSES THIS MATTER.