Service difficulty report · Contactor · Bombdr BD7001A10

Difficulty date
March 15, 2015
Submitted
August 5, 2015
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Bombdr BD7001A10
Aircraft time
7 hours
Engine
Rroyce BR700710A220
Part
Contactor
Part number
1714157
Condition
Burned
Location
Electrical Sys
Part time
374 hours
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

(CAN) IN FLIGHT, MARCH 15 AT 23:00, THE CREW REPORTED GEN 3 FAIL MSG ON EICAS & ON THE PBA. THEY FOLLOWED THE QRH PROCEDURES, BUT THE FAIL REMAINED. FLIGHT CONTINUED UNEVENTFUL. AFTER LANDING & THE APU RUNNING, THE CREW SHUTDOWN THE ENGS, AT THIS TIME THE APU GEN DID NOT COME ONLINE & THE APU GEN FAIL EICAS MSG POSTED & ON THE PBA. SEVERAL APU GEN PBA RESETS WERE DONE BUT THERE WAS NO CHANGE. TEN HOURS LATER THE SECOND CREW FLEW THE ACFT FOR 12:40 HOURS & THE APU GEN STILL FAILED. THE ACFT WAS THEN FLOWN TO INVESTIGATE THE ELEC SYS FAULTS. DURING THE REPLACEMENT OF K1 CONTACTOR TO FIX THE ELEC SYS ISSUE, FOUND K3 CONTACTOR PARTIALLY BURNED, HOLE ON THE SIDE OF CONTACTOR. DAMAGE TO ACPC WIRING WAS ALSO NOTED & THE ACPC HAS BEEN REPLACED.