Service difficulty report · Connector · Beech B99

Difficulty date
September 21, 1999
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Make and model
Beech B99
Engine
Pwa PT6A27
Propeller
Hartzl HCB3TN3
Part
Connector
Condition
Contaminated
Location
Power Input
Stage of operation
IN
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

(CAN) SUSPECT WATER CAUSED SHORTING ON POWER INPUT PORTION OF CIRCUIT BREAKER PANEL - PERHAPS SOME WINDOW OPEN OR LEAK (HIGH WINDS CAN FORCE SIDE WINDOW TO OPEN SLIGHTLY). ALSO NOTED SOME COPILOT INSTRUMENT LIGHTS, ALSO NOT WORKING ( A SEPARATE PROBLEM). FOUND BURNT TRANSISITOR ON LIGHT DIMMER ASSY LOCATED ON BULKHEAD FORWARD OF COPILOT'S RUDDER PEDALS. A PLASTIC GASKET ON THE ASSY SEEMED TO HAVE CAUSED THE SMOKE AND SMELL. SUBMITTER STATED THE BURNT TRANSISTOR APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY A SHORT COMING FROM A PUSHED IN POST LIGHT BULB ASSY ON THE COPILOT'S SIDE.

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