Service difficulty report · Control Unit · Amd FALCON2000

Difficulty date
December 18, 2009
Submitted
December 21, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N290QS
Make and model
Amd FALCON2000
Aircraft serial
190
Aircraft time
6,404 hours, 3,946 cycles
Part
Control Unit
Condition
Inoperative
Location
Exterior Lights
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF THE LT EXT LIGHT AND RT EXT LIGHTS CIRCUIT BREAKERS POPPED AND THE ODOR OF ELECTRICAL SMOKE WAS NOTICED. T/S SYS. FOUND PULSE LIGHT CONTROL UNIT TO HAVE FAILED DUE TO EXPOSURE TO WATER. REMOVED AND REPLACED CONTROL UNIT WITH MODIFIED UNIT. OPS CHECK OF LANDING LIGHTS AND PULSE LIGHT SYS, GOOD AT THIS TIME. IAW MM TASK 33-300.