Service difficulty report · Alternator · Dhav DHC6300

Difficulty date
December 18, 2012
Submitted
September 14, 2015
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Dhav DHC6300
Part
Alternator
Condition
Failed
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
H

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

What was found

(CAN) DURING POST MAINTENANCE GROUND OPERATIONS, COMPASS SWING OF ACFT, BOTH ENGINES RUNNING AND GENERATORS ONLINE, ENGINE POWER WAS INCREASED FROM IDLE AS REQUIRED. SHORTLY AFTER THE POWER INCREASE, THE MAINTENANCE CREW DETECTED AN ODOR, BURNED AND OBSERVED THE RT GENERATOR LIGHT HAD ILLUMINATED. THE RT GENERATOR SWITCH WAS SELECTED OFF AND THE ACFT RETURNED TO THE HANGAR. POST SHUT DOWN, THE MAINTENANCE CREW`S INVESTIGATION REVEALED CONTACTOR A-701D IN THE RT POSITION, AS THE SOURCE OF THE ODOR. UPON REMOVAL AND FURTHER INVESTIGATION OF CONTACTOR, SN CE-83957, COMPONENTRY WITHIN THE CONTACTOR WAS FOUND BURNED. THE ACFT WAS FITTED WITH A REPLACEMENT CONTACTOR WITH NO FURTHER DISCREPANCY.