Service difficulty report · Relay · Beech 95B55

Difficulty date
December 24, 2014
Submitted
March 12, 2015
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Beech 95B55
Aircraft time
5,942 hours
Engine
Cont IO470L
Part
Relay
Part number
6046H39A
Condition
Failed
Location
Dynamic Braking
Part time
5 hours
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
H
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

(CAN) WHILE GEAR OPERATION SWITCH WAS IN THE UP POSITION, GEAR LOWERED VIA THE MOTOR ON ITS OWN. PIC NOTED THAT SWITCH WAS UP AND LOCKED AND NO BREAKERS HAS "POPPED", HOWEVER BOTH PIC AND PASSENGER ALSO NOTICED THAT THE 3 GREEN WERE INDICATING. UPON TROUBLESHOOTING MAIN LANDING GEAR SYSTEM IT WAS FOUND THAT THE DYNAMIC RELAY WAS POWERING THE MAIN LANDING GEAR MOTOR FOR RETRACTION OR EXTENSION AT THE SAME TIME REGARDLESS IF THE SELECTOR SWITCH WAS SELECTED UP OR DOWN. THERE WAS POWER OUT FROM THE TERMINAL OUTPUT FROM THE DYNAMIC RELAY TO BOTH UP AND DOWN AT THE SAME TIME. THE UP AND DOWN OPERATION OF THE SWITCH WAS CONFIRMED NORMAL. THE MALFUNCTION AS PER THE TROUBLESHOOTING RESULTS WAS CONFINED TO THE DYNAMIC RELAY, REPLACED THE DYNAMIC RELAY.

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