Service difficulty report · Relay · Dhav DHC8102

Difficulty date
February 17, 2013
Submitted
September 14, 2015
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Dhav DHC8102
Aircraft time
62,681 hours, 62,948 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW120A
Propeller
Hamstd 14SF7
Part
Relay
Part number
3061K1
Condition
Failed
Location
Propeller Deice
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

(CAN) ON CLIMBOUT, THE LEFT PROP DE-ICE CIRCUIT BREAKER POPPED. FLIGHT HAS RETURNED TO BASE, LANDED SAFELY AND WAS REMOVED FROM SERVICE FOR TROUBLESHOOTING. A CONTINUITY CHECK ON THE LT BRUSH BLOCK AND SLIP RINGS, NO FAULT FOUND. 115 VOLT AC POWER TO PHASE A AND B WERE CHECKED AT THE BRUSH BLOCK AND FOUND TO BE SERVICEABLE. IT WAS SUSPECTED THAT AN INTERMITTENT FAILURE IN PROP DEICE RELAY 3061-K1 MAY HAVE CAUSED THE REPORTED FAULT, THE RELAY WAS REPLACED AND AGAIN FOLLOWED BY GROUND RUNS, PROP DEICE SYS CHECKED SERVICEABLE. THE ACFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE. NO FURTHER REPORTED PROBLEMS SINCE.