Service difficulty report · Capacitor · Dhav DHC8311

Difficulty date
April 1, 2013
Submitted
September 14, 2015
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Dhav DHC8311
Aircraft time
47,412 hours
Engine
Pwa PW123
Propeller
Hamstd 14SF*
Part
Capacitor
Condition
Burned
Location
Adf Receiver
Part time
48,352 hours
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

(CAN) 2 ADF UNSERVICEABLE. VOLTAGE OUTPUT ON PIN 48=323V. AND ON PIN 45= -55V ADF CONTROL HEAD WAS REPLACED TWICE DUE TO BURNED SMELL. BENCH TESTED ADF RECEIVER POWER SUPPLIES TO CONTROL HEAD, 200V AND -26V. FOUND BOTH OUT OF SPEC, 200V SUPPLY AT 285V AND -26V SUPPLY AT -55V. THIS CONFIRMS THE FAULT THAT THIS RECEIVER UNIT WAS CAUSING THE CONTROL HEAD DAMAGE. ON TROUBLESHOOTING OF THE RECEIVER POWER SUPPLY THAT THE +12 VOLT REGULATED SUPPLY FILTER CAP C512 AND C514 HAD FAILED CAUSING THE +12 VOLT SUPPLY TO APPEAR TO BE LOW AND THEREFORE CAUSING ALL OTHER SUPPLY OUTPUTS TO GO HIGH.