Service difficulty report · Static Inverter · Cvac 580

Difficulty date
September 20, 2012
Submitted
September 14, 2015
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Cvac 580
System (JASC)
2422 · AC Inverter
Part
Static Inverter
Part number
1B8001G
Condition
Failed
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
P
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

(CAN) DURING PRE-DEPARTURE GROUND CHECKS THE FLIGHT CREW WAS UNABLE TO APPLY INVERTER POWER. TROUBLESHOOTING DETERMINED THAT THE INVERTER SYSTEM, 2 INVERTERS IN PARALLEL, WAS INOPERATIVE. BOTH INVERTERS WERE REPLACED AND WHEN POWER WAS APPLIED IT WAS FOUND THAT BOTH DIRECTIONAL GYROS WERE NOT OPERATING AS A RESULT OF THE INVERTER SYSTEM FAILURE. INSPECTION OF THE WIRING INSTALLATION WAS CARRIED OUT AND FOUND TO BE IAW THE APPLICABLE WIRING DIAGRAMS THE GYROS WERE REPLACED AND THE ACFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE. THE INVERTER FAILURE WARNING LOGIC CIRCUIT DID NOT IDENTIFY THAT 1 OF THE INVERTERS IN THE PARALLEL SYS WAS NO LONGER OPERATIONAL.