Service difficulty report · Diode · Dhav DHC8103

Difficulty date
November 29, 2013
Submitted
September 14, 2015
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Dhav DHC8103
Aircraft time
5,979 hours
Engine
Pwc PW150A
Propeller
Rotol CR4086123F17
Part
Diode
Condition
Burned
Location
Landing Gear
Part time
5,747 hours
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
O
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 ACCOMPLISHMENT OF TASK 000-24-210-120, MAINTENANCE REPORTED THAT CIRCUIT BREAKER WOW LOCATION M6 ON THE RT ESSENTIAL BUS IS POPPING WITH THE SELECTION OF THE BATTERY MASTER. MAINTENANCE CONFIRM THAT THIS IS A RESULT OF 2 BURNED, SHORTED DIODES IN THE LANDING GEAR SELECTOR HANDLE CONTROL BOX. THE LANDING GEAR SELECTOR HANDLE CONTROL WILL BE REPLACED IAW THE AMM TO RECTIFY THE DEFECT. MAINTENANCE REPORT THAT, THE BREAKER ONLY POPS IF THE BATTERY MASTER IS SELECTED WITHOUT THE NORMAL ACCOMPANIMENT OF THE MAIN AND AUXILIARY BATTERY SWITCHES AS REQUIRED BY PART OF THE TASK. UNDER NORMAL OPERATION WITH ALL 3 BATTERY SWITCHES ON, MASTER, MAIN AND AUXILIARY, THIS WOULD NOT BE DETECTED EVEN THOUGH THE CONDITION OF THE DIODES ARE UNSERVICEABLE. NOTE: THE DEFECT IS NOT DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE SCOPE OF TASK 000-24-210-120 , BUT DISCOVERED DURING THE TASK AS A RESULT OF HAVING THE BATTERY MASTER SELECTED ON WITHOUT THE MAIN AND AUXILIARY LANDING GEAR SELECTOR, PN 860TS09Y00, SN 692, AC CYCLES: 4480, AC HOURS: 5747.