What was found
CYCLED THE ALT SWITCH WHICH CAUSED A VOLTAGE SPIKE AND SHORTED OUT THE ACU, ANNUNCIATOR PANEL AND OIL AND TEMP SWITCH.
- Difficulty date
- June 14, 2010
- Submitted
- January 4, 2011
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Make and model
- Cessna 172R
- Aircraft time
- 881 hours
- Engine
- Lyc IO360L2A
- Propeller
- Mcauly 1A170E
- System (JASC)
- 2434 · DC Generator-Alternator
- Part
- Control Unit
- Part number
- AC2101
- Condition
- Shorted
- Location
- Annunciator
- Stage of operation
- NR
- How discovered
- V
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- O
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.