Service difficulty report · Inverter · Lear 35A

Difficulty date
September 30, 2015
Submitted
October 9, 2015
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N312LG
Make and model
Lear 35A
Aircraft serial
35489
Aircraft time
13,816 hours, 10,881 cycles
System (JASC)
2422 · AC Inverter
Part
Inverter
Part number
SS50
Part serial
457
Condition
Shorted
Location
Lt Generator
Part time
7,134 hours, 5,682 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
G, H, A

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

What was found

WHILE IN CRUISE AT FL380, THE LT GEN ANNUNCIATOR ILLUMINATED. AT THE SAME TIME, AUTOPILOT DISCONNECTED AND BELL/ANNUNCIATOR ILLUMINATED. FOLLOWED BY SIGNIFICANT ELECTRICAL SMOKE AND FUMES FROM BEHIND THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. AFTER TROUBLESHOOTING, FOUND THE CABIN ACFT ELECTRICAL OUTLET INVERTER LOCATED UNDERNEATH THE COPILOT'S SEAT HAD SHORTED INTERNALLY CAUSING THE SMOKE.

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