Service difficulty report · Bus Control · Doug DC982

Difficulty date
February 17, 1997
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N12811
Make and model
Doug DC982
Aircraft serial
49265
Part
Bus Control
Part number
947F9463
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
E/E Compt
Part time
14,908 hours
Stage of operation
CL
Nature of condition
B, H
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

ALL ELECTRICAL POWER FELL OFF LINE AND ARTS WAS INITIATED AFTER TAKEOFF. EMERGENCY POWER WAS TURNED ON, THE APU GENERATOR WAS PUT ON LINE, PARTIAL POWER WAS RESTORED. WHEN ATTEMPTING TO TURN EMERGENCY POWER OFF A LOUD HUM WAS HEARD FROM CIRCUIT BREAKER PANEL. THE EMERGENCY POWER WAS PUT BACK ON AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO TPA. ALSO, A SLIGHT ELECTRICAL BURNING ODOR WAS OBSERVED. MAINTENANCE FOUND THE LEFT AC BUS LOWER PHASE C-50 AMP CIRCUIT BREAKER POPPED. THE CIRCUIT BREAKER WAS RESET AND THE HUMMING SOUND STOPPED. VOLTAGE DROP ACROSS RELAYS WAS CHECKED WITH NO TROUBLE FOUND. THE AC BUS CONTROL UNIT WAS REPLACED AS A PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE. THE ENGINES WERE RUN AND THE CROSSTIE SYSTEM TESTED GOOD,

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