Service difficulty report · Power Supply · Cessna 680CE

Difficulty date
May 19, 2014
Submitted
July 7, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N320QS
Make and model
Cessna 680CE
Aircraft serial
6800169
Aircraft time
5,422 hours, 3,642 cycles
Part
Power Supply
Part number
70244401901
Part serial
07068226
Condition
Failed
Location
Nr 2 Mau
Part time
5,422 hours, 3,642 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
G, P
Precautionary procedure
B, A

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

What was found

DURING CRUISE AT FL410, FIRST MONITOR WARNING FAIL CAS MESSAGE, FOLLOWED BY MONITOR WARNING FAIL RT IN DESCENT. ALSO MAU 1 & 2 FAIL, GPS 2 INACTIVE, TAWS FAILURE, LOSS OF ALL PIC FLIGHT INSTRUMENTS, INTERMITTENT LOSS OF ALL SIC FLIGHT INSTRUMENTS, LOSS OF FMS 2 WENT BLANK, LOSS OF FMS 1 NOT BLANK BUT COULD NOT INPUT DATA, AUTOPILOT & YAW DAMP FAILURE, PRESSURIZATION SPIKING IN DESCENT FROM FL410, CABIN ALTITUDE CAS MESSAGE AT APPROX FL180, EVENT MARKER PUSHED. CHECKED LAN AND ASCB BUSS. NO FAULTS FOUND. INSTALLED NEW ASCB TERMINATORS (5EA) IAW WDM 20-10-04. WHILE TROUBLESHOOTING SYSTEM, FOUND THAT WHEN CIRCUIT BREAKER FOR MAU 1 WAS RESET, IT CAUSED AN MAU 2 FAIL FOR 10 TO 20 SECONDS. FURTHER TROUBLESHOOTING REVEALED THAT MAU 2 POWER SUPPLY WAS BAD. REPLACED NR 2 MAU POWER SUPPLY AND OPS CHECKED GOOD PER MM, 34-17-00.