Service difficulty report · Indicator · Bombdr DHC8400

Difficulty date
July 30, 2014
Submitted
March 12, 2015
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Bombdr DHC8400
Aircraft time
13,451 hours
Engine
Pwc PW150A
Propeller
Rotol CR4086123F17
Part
Indicator
Condition
Failed
Location
Navigation
Stage of operation
TO
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
C

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

What was found

(CAN) AN ABORTED TAKEOFF OCCURRED. AS TAKEOFF POWER WAS APPLIED, IT WAS OBSERVED THAT THE INTEGRATED STANDBY INSTRUMENT (ISI), HAD FLAGGED "RED". NO MASTER CAUTION OR WARNING WAS ASSOCIATED. TAKEOFF WAS DISCONTINUED. AS POWER LEVERS WERE PULLED AFT, THE ISI CORRECTED ITSELF AND WAS ONCE AGAIN FUNCTIONAL. DURING THE SECOND TAKEOFF ATTEMPT THE SAME FLAG OF THE ISI OCCURRED. WATER FOUND IN THE PITOT LINE OF THE STANDBY SYSTEM, WATER CLEARED, OPC OF THE ISI CARRIED OUT, NO FURTHER WARNINGS NOTED ON THE ISI. AN ADDITIONAL TAKEOFF ATTEMPT WAS CARRIED OUT AND THE SAME MOMENTARY FLAG OF THE ISI OCCURRED. RETURN TO GATE, PASSENGERS OFF LOADED. ACFT REMOVED FROM SERVICE, FURTHER TROUBLESHOOTING OCCURRED. STANDBY PITOT AND STATIC LINES DRAINED OF WATER AGAIN AND CLEANED. ISI REPLACED FOR RELIABILITY. ACFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.