Service difficulty report · Tru · Dhav DHC8202

Difficulty date
December 4, 2010
Submitted
December 6, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N359PH
Make and model
Dhav DHC8202
Aircraft serial
514
Aircraft time
27,288 hours, 37,829 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW123
Part
Tru
Part number
28VS200Y4DH
Part serial
1244
Condition
Intermittent
Location
Emergency Lights
Part time
25,127 hours, 34,942 cycles
Stage of operation
TO
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

(RECURRING PROBLEM): DURING TAKEOFF, THE F/A NOTICED THE EMERGENCY LIGHTS FLICKERED. GROUND MX CREW R & R THE EMERGENCY LIGHTS SWITCH. OPS CHECK WAS PERFORMED SATISFACTORY. ACFT RELEASED TO FLIGHT STATUS. ACFT FLEW AND UPON LANDING, THE F/A NOTICED AGAIN THE EMERGENCY LIGHTS FLICKERED. GROUND MX CREW R & R THE EMERGENCY LIGHTS CONTROL BOX, ACFT WAS RELEASED FOR A TEST FLIGHT FOR THE OPS CHECK. TEST FLIGHT WAS PERFORMED SATISFACTORY. ACFT WAS RELEASED FOR FLIGHT. ON TAKEOFF, THE F/A NOTICED THE EMERGENCY LIGHTS FLICKERED AGAIN. GROUND MX CREW R & R THE RT TRANSFORMER RECTIFIER UNIT, OPS CHECK OF THE EMERGENCY LIGHTING SYS CHECKED SATISFACTORY.