Service difficulty report · Dcu · Cessna 680A

Difficulty date
December 25, 2024
Submitted
December 30, 2024
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N550QS
Make and model
Cessna 680A
Aircraft serial
680A0150
Aircraft time
6,877 hours, 4,637 cycles
Part
Dcu
Part number
0110145701
Part serial
2JH006660
Condition
Inoperative
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
C
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

GSD FAIL 2 AMBER CAS: LEVEL AT FL450 WE FELT AND HEARD A LIGHT AERODYNAMIC HUM VIBRATION FOLLOWED BY AMBER X'S ON AILERON TRIM INDICATOR, RUDDER TRIM INDICATOR AND LEFT SPOILER POSITION DISPLAY. LEFT HYDRAULIC SYNOPTICS PAGE INTERMITENTLY SHOWED NO HYDRAULIC PRESSURE FROM LEFT PUMP BUT SYSTEM PRESSURE AND QUANTITY NORMAL. AMBER RA FAIL DISPLAYED ON BOTH LEFT AND RIGHT PFDS. A FEW MINUTES LATER, WE RECEIVED A CONTINUOUS AUDIBLE " GROUND PROXIMITY WARNING FAIL" THE MASTER WARNING ACTIVATED AND CYCLED CONTINUOUSLY DISPLAYING ALL AND AT TIMES JUST SOME OF THE FOLLOWING AMBER CAS MESSAGES, BLEED AIR MON R, BLEED AIR MON L, CABIN ALT, RUDDER BIAS FAULT, AILERON CNTRL FAULT, AND GROUND PROX FAIL. THE LANDING GEAR POSITION CHANGED TO AMBER X'S. THE FUEL QUANTITY PANEL CHANGED TO AMBER DASHES. IN ADDITION WE RECEIVED WHITE CAS MESSAGES NO STANDBY DATA WHILE THE STANDBY FLIGHT DISPLAY APPEARED TO BE OPERATING NORMALLY. ALSO RECEIVED, WHITE CAS MESSAGE FDR FAIL. DESCENDING THRU APPROXIMATELY 14,000 MSL ALL ABNORMAL INDICATIONS STOPPED. THE LANDING GEAR WAS EXTENDED NORMALLY. NO BLOW DOWN PROCEDURE PERFORMED. CABIN TEMPERATURE CONTROL REMAINED NORMAL, PRESSURIZATION INDICATIONS REMAINED NORMAL. SYSTEMS ALL APPEARED TO BE OPERATING BUT INDICATING AND MONITORING AT FAULT. CORRECTIVE ACTION: REPAIRED DCU #2. OPS CHECK GOOD. IAW CESSNA MODEL 680A AMM 31-40-10

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