Service difficulty report · Brush Block · Dhav DHC8102

Difficulty date
October 25, 2007
Submitted
October 29, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N810EX
Make and model
Dhav DHC8102
Aircraft serial
308
Aircraft time
38,746 hours, 42,601 cycles
Part
Brush Block
Part number
7826891
Part serial
940319
Condition
Unknown
Location
Prop Heat
Part time
10,307 hours, 11,499 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
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

EMERGENCY LIGHTS ILLUMINATED IN FLIGHT. THERE IS A LOT OF HISTORY WITH THE EMERGENCY LIGHTS. THE EMERGENCY CONTROL PANEL HAS BEEN CHANGED TWICE. THE EMERGENCY BATTERIES CHANGED ONCE ALONG WITH THE RIGHT HAND BRUSH BLOCK. THE CAPTAIN REPORTED THAT THE PROP HEAT WAS ON. MAINTENANCE WILL REPLACE THE LT BRUSH BLOCK. REMOVED AND REPLACED THE RIGHT HAND BRUSH BLOCK FOR TROUBLESHOOTING IAW 61-10-11, PROP HEAT OPS CHECK WAS GOOD. CHECKED EMERGENCY LIGHTS IAW 33-51-00, OPS CHECK GOOD.