Service difficulty report · Deice Timer · Beech 200BEECH

Difficulty date
January 26, 1996
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Make and model
Beech 200BEECH
Engine
Pwa PT6A41
Propeller
Hartzl HCD4N3A
Part
Deice Timer
Part number
3E19643
Condition
Faulty
Location
Prop
Part time
3,441 hours
Component
Bfgoodrich
Stage of operation
DE
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

(CAN)PILOT REPORTED THAT BOTH PROPELLER DEICERS, LEFT AND RIGHT, DID NOT SEEM TO PREVENT ICE BUILT UP AS THEY SHOULD. DURING BENCH TEST OF TIMER IT WAS NOTED THAT POWER WAS AVAILABLE AT BOTH OUTPUT PINS SI MULTANEOUSLY, CONTRARY TO THE MAINTENANCE MANUAL.