Service difficulty report · Transistor · Beech 1900C

Difficulty date
February 28, 2009
Submitted
March 3, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N15503
Make and model
Beech 1900C
Aircraft serial
UC72
Aircraft time
22,992 hours, 28,340 cycles
Engine
Pwa PT6A65*
Propeller
Hartzl HCB4MP3
Part
Transistor
Part number
TIP126
Condition
Melted
Location
Cabin Temp
Component
Temp Control · Barbercol
Component part number
HYLZ51071
Stage of operation
DE
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE CONTROL CIRCUIT BREAKER POPPED IN FLIGHT, RESET CIRCUIT BREAKER AND EVERYTHING SEEMED OK UNTIL IN DESCENT WHEN ELECTRICAL FUMES WERE SMELLED. PULLED CIRCUIT BREAKER AND LANDED NORMALLY. UPON INVESTIGATION FOUND THE COOL COMMAND TRANSISTOR MELTED ON THE CABIN TEMP CONTROL PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD ASSEMBLY, ALTHOUGH THIS WAS A MINOR SOURCE OF ELECTRICAL SMELL, THERE IS A FAN MOUNTED ON THE ASSEMBLY TO CIRCULATE CABIN AIR OVER THE TEMP SENSOR ON THE PCB THAT CIRCULATED THE VAPOR THROUGHOUT THE CABIN AND COCKPIT. TOTAL TIME AND CYCLES ON THE PART ARE UNKNOWN. REPLACED THE PCB ASSEMBLY WITH OVERHAULED UNIT, ALL OPERATIONAL CHECKS SATISFACTORY.

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