Service difficulty report · Transistor · Beech B200

Difficulty date
July 30, 2015
Submitted
April 22, 2016
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Beech B200
Aircraft time
21,650 hours
Engine
Pwa PT642A
Propeller
Hartzl HCB3TN3
Part
Transistor
Part number
MJ11016
Condition
Burned
Location
Cabin Light
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

(CAN) ON APPROACH , FLIGHT CREW NOTICED THE ODOR OF ELECTRICAL SMOKE AND INFORMED THE TOWER OF THE SITUATION. THE ACFT LANDED, TAXIED TO HANGAR AND SHUTDOWN. AFTER CREW AND PASSENGER HAD LEFT THE AIRCRAFT, THE AIRPORT FIRE CREWS CHECKED FOR HOT SPOTS AND NONE WERE FOUND. PILOT AND PRM WERE CALLED AND ADVISED OF THE SITUATION. IT WAS NOTED BY THE CREW THAT THE OVERHEAD LIGHTS/SIDE PANEL LIGHTS HAD FAILED. AIRCRAFT ELECTRICAL WIRING AND COMPONENTS IN THE COCKPIT WERE INSPECTED, 2 TRANSISTORS WERE FOUND TO BE BURNED. THE TRANSISTORS Q8 FOR THE SIDE PANEL LIGHTS AND Q9 FOR THE OVERHEAD FLOOD LIGHTS WERE REPLACED, ALSO THE CIRCUIT BREAKER FOR THE SIDE PANEL LIGHTS. SYSTEM WAS TESTED FOR OPERATION.

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