Service difficulty report · Diode · Cessna 680A

Difficulty date
July 31, 2024
Submitted
August 1, 2024
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N559QS
Make and model
Cessna 680A
Aircraft serial
680A0090
Aircraft time
7,222 hours, 4,797 cycles
Part
Diode
Condition
Defective
Location
Zone 200
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

MAIN CABIN DOOR EXIT SIGN INOP. NO MEL RELIEF. REMOVED EXIT SIGN FOR TROUBLESHOOTING. CONNECTED FC2031 TO A 28VDC POWER SUPPLY & UNIT FUNCTIONS. PLUGGED FC2031 BACK INTO ACFT WIRING & LIGHT STILL DIM, NOTICED WITH MOVEMENT OF WIRE HARNESS, LIGHT WOULD FLICKER BETWEEN NORMAL BRIGHTNESS & BACK TO DIM. ON FURTHER INSPECTION OF WIRING HARNESS, FOUND A DIODE NEAR CONNECTOR JC2066 WOULD BE MOVED & GENTLY FLEXED, & EACH MOVEMENT CAUSED EXIT SIGN TO FLICKER. CHECKED DC2013 DIRECTLY NEXT TO DC2014 & LIGHT DID NOT FLICKER. CAUSE TO BE AN INTERMITTENT LOSS OF CONTINUITY AT DIODE. R & R DIODES DC2014 & DC2013 IAW SPM 20-30-15. INSTALLED CABIN DOOR EXIT SIGN IAW IMM 25-20-33. OPS CHECK GOOD.

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