Service difficulty report · Resistor · Cessna 402C

Difficulty date
August 25, 2017
Submitted
August 29, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N2714B
Make and model
Cessna 402C
Aircraft serial
402C0210
Aircraft time
36,143 hours, 33,357 cycles
Part
Resistor
Part number
HL5508Z
Condition
Burned
Location
Vent System
Part time
36,143 hours
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

IN CRUISE FLIGHT, CREW RECOGNIZED SMOKE FROM DC BUSS PANEL. THE CREW REPORTED NO CIRCUIT BREAKERS OR SWITCH BREAKERS WERE TRIPPED. DURING ISOLATION OF ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS, NO MORE SMOKE WAS NOTED. THE CREW ELECTED TO DIVERT TO KSLK AS A PRECAUTION AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. COMPANY MAINTENANCE IDENTIFIED THE DROPPING RESISTOR WITHIN THE CABIN HEATER VENTILATING FAN CIRCUIT TO BE BURNED. THE RESISTOR IS MOUNTED WITHIN THE DC BUSS PANEL. THE RESISTOR, CABIN VENTILATING FAN HI/LOW SWITCH, AND CABIN VENTILATING FAN WERE REPLACED.

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