Service difficulty report · Relay · Beech C99

Difficulty date
April 26, 2016
Submitted
April 29, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N68TA
Make and model
Beech C99
Aircraft serial
U177
Aircraft time
24,057 hours, 35,756 cycles
Part
Relay
Part number
MS24171D1
Condition
Shorted
Location
Landing Gear
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

ON FINAL APPROACH AFTER THE PILOT SELECTED THE LG TO THE DOWN POSITION AN ELEC SMELL WAS REPORTED. THEY LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT & DURING TAXI TO PARKING THE SMELL BECAME STRONGER & SMOKE BEGAN TO FILL THE COCKPIT. THE PILOT STOPPED THE ACFT AT THE PARKING RAMP, TURNED OFF ALL ELEC POWER & EXITED THE ACFT. ONCE THE POWER WAS TURNED OFF THE SMOKE DISSIPATED. FOUND THE LG MOTOR POWER RELAY WAS SHORTED INTERNALLY ALLOWING THE MOTOR TO RUN CONTINUOUSLY, CAUSING THE SMOKE. REPLACED THE RELAY, PN MS24171-D1, AS A PRECAUTION REPLACED THE LG MOTOR & CURRENT LIMITER.

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