Service difficulty report · Switch · Cessna 208B

Difficulty date
August 23, 2011
Submitted
August 25, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N964FE
Make and model
Cessna 208B
Aircraft serial
208B0083
Aircraft time
13,530 hours, 15,064 cycles
Part
Switch
Part number
W31X100020
Condition
Defective
Location
Cockpit
Part time
13,530 hours, 15,064 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
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

PILOT REPORTED THAT ENROUTE, THE NR 1 NAV RADIO TRIPPED OFF-LINE AND HE CONTINUED INTO CPR USING NR 2 NAV. AFTER LANDING PILOT STATED HEARD A POP AND SMELLED A BURNED ODOR - BUT WAS UNSURE IF THE ODOR WAS FROM FOREST FIRES IN THE AREA. STATED THAT THE NR 1 NAV SWITCH WAS HOT TO THE TOUCH AND WAS NOT RESET. FLIGHT LANDED WITHOUT ANY FURTHER INCIDENT - NO EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED. MX TROUBLESHOOTING REVEALED THE NR 1 ESSENTIAL BUS SWITCH SMELLED BURNED AND HAD VERY HIGH RESISTANCE WHEN OHM CHECKED AND INSPECTED. MX R & R NR 1 AVIONIVS BREAKER/SWITCH IAW MM 24-50-00. ALL WIRING WAS INSPECTED BEHIND DISTRIBUTION PANEL WITH NO PROBLEMS NOTED OR INDICATED. SYS FUNCTIONAL CHECKS WERE GOOD.

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