Service difficulty report · Indicator · Beech B99

Difficulty date
February 10, 2015
Submitted
February 16, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N4299A
Make and model
Beech B99
Aircraft serial
U146
Aircraft time
36,200 hours, 55,825 cycles
Engine
Pwa PT6A27
Part
Indicator
Part number
973840091
Part serial
335
Condition
Shorted
Location
Cockpit
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, VISUALLY OBSERVED A SMALL AMOUNT OF SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT & THEN THE LT OIL PRESS CB POPPED. AFTER THE CB POPPED THE SMOKE DISSIPATED. RETURNED & LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. TROUBLE SHOT THE LT OIL PRESS SYS & FOUND THE INDICATOR HAD SHORTED INTERNALLY. THE LT OIL PRESS INDICATOR & ELEC CONNECTOR WERE REPLACED. THE LT OIL PRESS INDICATOR FUNCTIONED NORMALLY DURING ENG GND RUN.

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