Service difficulty report · Control Box · Dhav DHC8102

Difficulty date
May 21, 2019
Submitted
August 17, 2020
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Dhav DHC8102
Aircraft time
61,249 hours
Propeller
Hamstd 14SF7
System (JASC)
2422 · AC Inverter
Part
Control Box
Part number
DH103011531200SS
Condition
Shorted
Location
Ac Inverter
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B, G, H
Precautionary procedure
H, A

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

What was found

(CAN) MULTIPLE INVERTER FAILURE `PRI INV`, `SEC INV`, `AUX INV`, `LVAC26` AND `R26VAC` CAUTION LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. LOST ALL FLIGHT INSTRUMENTS ON CAPT, F/O SIDE OF AIRCRAFT. QRH PG 9.11 ACTIONED AND 115V BUS TIE CB PULLED. STRONG ELECTRICAL SMELL IN FLIGHT DECK. SECONDARY INVERTER AND PARALLELING CONTROL BOX WERE REPLACED. CTRL BOX AND INVERTER TRAY REMOVED FROM AIRCRAFT. DETERMINED PARALLELING CONTROL BOX WAS INTERNALLY DAMAGED. BECAUSE OF STRONG ODOR BLEACHE TO SECONDARY INVERTER THIS INVERTER WAS REPLACED. TRAY WAS OUT OF AIRCRAFT FOR APROX 2 DAYS WHILE AWAITING PARTS. NO EVIDENCE OF PRIMARY OR AUXILIARY INVERTER DAMAGE. SMELL WAS CLEAR OF FLIGHT DECK. AFTER CTRL BOX AND INVERTER (SEC) WAS REPLACED, AIRCRAFT WAS POWERED FOR 1 HOUR AND FULL ENGINE RUNS FOR 45 MINS. ALL INVERTER LOADS WERE NORMAL AND SYSTEM FUNCTIONED NORMAL. (TC# 20190523003)