Service difficulty report · Circuit Breaker · Beech B200

Difficulty date
June 13, 2011
Submitted
September 9, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Make and model
Beech B200
Aircraft time
18,120 hours
Engine
Pwa PT642A
Propeller
Hartzl HCB3TN3
Part
Circuit Breaker
Part number
70000150
Condition
Tripped
Location
Mlg
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

ON APPROACH TO LANDING, CREW SELECTED THE GEAR DOWN BUT GEAR DID NOT EXTEND. CREW WHEN THRU THEIR PROCEDURES AND FOUND THAT BOTH THE 1 & 2, 50 AMP CIRCUIT BREAKERS FOR THE NR 2 DUAL FEED BUS HAD POPPED. THE CREW ADVISED TOWER AND PROCEEDED TO EXTEND THE GEAR WITH HAND PUMP. GEAR EXTENDED NORMALLY AND ACFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. ACFT WAS TAKEN TO HANGAR TO HAVE PROBLEM INVESTIGATED. AFTER MANY HOURS AND NUMEROUS GEAR SWINGS SYS WOULD NOT FAIL. ACFT WAS FLOWN TO MAIN BASE AND SYS WERE RE-INVESTIGATED. IT WAS NOTICED THAT AFTER AN HOUR OR MORE WITH POWER ON THE ACFT THAT THE NR2 BREAKER WOULD GET WARM, AND FAIL. GEAR DID NOT EXTEND FOR THE CREW BECAUSE WHEN BOTH BREAKERS POPPED ON THE NR2 DUAL FEEDER BUS, POWER TO THE LANDING GEAR CONTROL WAS REMOVED. BOTH NR1 & NR2 50 AMP BREAKERS, PN 700-001-50 WERE REPLACED WITH NEW BREAKERS.

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