Service difficulty report · Wire · Beech 1900D

Difficulty date
August 23, 2013
Submitted
August 26, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N973EA
Make and model
Beech 1900D
Aircraft serial
UE391
Aircraft time
21,842 hours, 32,766 cycles
Part
Wire
Condition
Failed
Location
Efis
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
G
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

ON RETURN FLIGHT, TOP EFIS SCREEN, PILOTS SIDE FLICKERED AND CO-PILOTS RMI FLAGGED. AFTER SEVERAL MINUTES CO-PILOTS RMI FLAG BEGAN TO TWITCH AND DISPLAY SPIN. SHORTLY AFTER THAT ALL 4 EFIS DISPLAYS BEGAN TO BLINK TO BLACK WITH WHITE COMPASS CARD AND RED FLAGS. BOTH INVERTERS ON VOLT/FREQ GAUGE WERE FLUCTUATING FULL SCALE IN FREQ POSITION IN SYNC. REPAIRED WIRING FROM NR 1, 26 VAC BUSS. PUSHED IN FLAPS INDICATOR CB SO NO INTERMITTENT GROUNDS THRU LT WOW SWITCH, SYS TESTS GOOD. PROVISIONAL RELEASE C/W FOR OPS CHECK FLIGHT.

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