# SDR CA960214012

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: February 8, 1996
- Submitted: March 26, 2000
- Operation: General aviation
- Make and model: Beech C90A
- Registry model: [Beech C90A](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-c90a) (OpenAirDocs)
- System (JASC): [3422 · Directional Gyro and Indicating System](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/3422)
- Part: Flux Valve
- Part number: 6225812001
- Condition: Oil Soaked
- Location: Compass Sys
- Component: Collins, 6225812001
- Stage of operation: IN
- Nature of condition: O
- Precautionary procedure: K
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/CA960214012

## Discrepancy

(CAN)AIRCRAFT COMPASS SYSTEM REPORTED UNRELIABLE. EXAMINATION OF COMPASS COMPONENTS AND WIRING REVEALED THAT THE FLUX VALVE WAS SATURATED WITH INSTRUMENT OIL. COLLINS CONFIRMED THAT THE LOSS OF OIL COULD R ESULT IN FAILURE OF THE COMPONENT. FLUX VALVE WAS REPLACED.

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