Service difficulty report · Circuit Breaker · Cessna 208B

Difficulty date
December 7, 2010
Submitted
March 15, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Make and model
Cessna 208B
Aircraft time
18,971 hours
Engine
Pwc PW610FA
Propeller
Mcauly 3GFR34C703
Part
Circuit Breaker
Part number
S1232530
Condition
Tripped
Location
Fire Detection
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

(CAN) 35 MINUTES BEFORE LANDING, PILOT HAD A FIRE LIGHT INDICATION WITH NO AURAL WARNING, THE STANDBY POWER LIGHT IMMEDIATELY CAME ON AND ALL THE NR 1 & 2 BUSS CIRCUIT BREAKERS POPPED. MAINTENANCE WAS CONTACTED IMMEDIATELY AND SUGGESTED RESETTING ALL THE CIRCUIT BREAKERS, AND CARRYING OUT A GROUND RUN, NO FAULTS WERE FOUND. YHM MAINTENANCE CONTRACTED AN AME IN THE AREA TO PERFORM A GROUND RUN WITH FULL ELECTRICAL LOAD WHILE OBSERVING FOR ANY FLUCTUATION OF THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, NO FAULT FOUND. WHEN THE A/C RETURNED TO YHM, MAINTENANCE PERFORMED A THOROUGH INSPECTION ON THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. THERE WAS A 30 AMP CIRCUIT BREAKER FOUND THAT HAD AN INCREASED RESISTANCE/OHM FLUCTUATION. CIRCUIT BREAKER WAS REPLACED P/N S1232-530. A/C RETURNED TO SERVICE AFTER GROUND RUNS PERFORMED.

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