Service difficulty report · Limiter · Beech 200BEECH

Difficulty date
March 21, 2014
Submitted
March 12, 2015
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Beech 200BEECH
Aircraft time
18,725 hours
Engine
Pwa PT6A41
Part
Limiter
Condition
Failed
Location
Dc Rectifier
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
H
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

(CAN) ACFT WAS CLIMBING OUT, WHEN THE CREW OBSERVED THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE POSITION DISAGREEMENT LIGHTS ILLUMINATED, UPON INVESTIGATION OF THIS ISSUE THERE WERE MULTIPLE COMPONENT FAILURES NOTED, 1 FUEL FLOW, OIL TEMPERATURE, OIL PRESSURE AND NR 1 INVERTER, THAT ARE ALL POWERED BY THE LT DC BUS SO AT THIS TIME THE CREW ELECTED TO RETURN. ONCE ON THE GROUND THE LT BUS POWERED UP AND ALL CONDITIONS RETURNED TO NORMAL. MAINTENANCE WAS ABLE TO REPRODUCE THE FAULT BY PULLING THE 50 AMP LT BUS DUAL FEEDER CIRCUIT BREAKER, THE LT BUS DUAL FEEDER CIRCUIT BREAKER, LT BUS DUAL FEEDER DIODE ASSY AND THE LT BUS DUAL FEEDER CURRENT LIMITER WERE REPLACED. THE LT BUS DUAL FEEDER SYS WAS TESTED WITH NO FURTHER DEFECTS NOTED, THE ACFT WAS RELEASED TO SERVICE.