Service difficulty report · Strobe · Cessna 152

Difficulty date
December 5, 2012
Submitted
September 14, 2015
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Cessna 152
Aircraft time
23,620 hours
Engine
Lyc O235L2C
Propeller
Snsnch 72CK
Part
Strobe
Condition
Wrong Part
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
W
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

(CAN) ACFT HAD JOURNEY LOG REPORTED DEFECT FOR, LANDING LIGHT SWITCH UNSERVICEABLE, SWITCH RED HOT. DURING TROUBLESHOOTING AND SWITCH REPLACEMENT THE MAINTENANCE TECH NOTICED THAT THE INCORRECT PN, SWITCH WAS INSTALLED. THE ACFT HAD A DOUBLE POLE SWITCH, PN TIGC-TA201-TW-B-XRS1 AND THE IPC CALLS FOR PN C906-5. AFTER FURTHER INVESTIGATION, THE TECH DETERMINED THAT THE OTHER POLE OF THE SWITCH WAS POWERING AN UNAPPROVED STROBE LIGHT SYSTEM. THE AMT VERIFIED THIS BY CONTACTING THE STROBE MFR AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE STROBE SYSTEM IS APPROVED FOR EXPERIMENTAL, ULTRALIGHT AND LSA ACFT ONLY. THE TECH REMOVED THE ENTIRE SYS FROM THE ACFT AND INSTALLED THE CORRECT LANDING LIGHT SWITCH. AN INTERNAL AUDIT FINDING HAS BEEN GENERATED. NOTE THAT THE LANDING LIGHT SWITCH REPLACEMENT IS A SCHEDULED ITEM. THE SWITCH FAILED APPROXIMATELY 100 DAYS PRIOR TO THE SCHEDULED 48 MONTH INTERVAL. NOTE THAT THE STROBE SYS WAS LISTED ON THE ACFT EQUIPMENT LIST. STROBE SYS DETAILS: AC SMART STROBE DC, SINGLE MAGNUM. NO IDENTIFICATION NOTED ON THE LAMP ASSY OR THE LENS. LAMP WAS INSTALLED ON THE BELLY OF AIRCRAFT.

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