Service difficulty report · Circuit Breaker · Dhav DHC8202

Difficulty date
April 14, 2011
Submitted
April 19, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N359PH
Make and model
Dhav DHC8202
Aircraft serial
514
Aircraft time
27,868 hours, 38,563 cycles
Part
Circuit Breaker
Part number
70000450
Condition
Cracked
Location
Emergency Lights
Stage of operation
CR
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

DURING FLIGHT, AIRCREW NOTICED THE EMERGENCY LIGHTS AND ENG INTAKE BY-PASS LIGHTS FLICKERING. GROUND MX CREW PERFORMED A DVI OF THE SECONDARY BUSS BARS, FOUND LOOSE TERMINALS. ALSO FOUND CB C10 CRACKED, REMOVED AND REPLACED CB. PERFORMED OPS CHECKS ON THE ELECTRICAL POWER AND EMERGENCY LIGHTING SYS. CHECKED SATISFACTORY. ACFT WAS RELEASED FOR A TEST FLIGHT. TEST FLIGHT WAS UNSATISFACTORY. EMERGENCY LIGHTS CONTINUED TO FLICKER IN FLIGHT. MX CREW FOUND CB F9 ON CO-PILOTS PANEL WORN. CB WAS R & R. PERFORMED OPS CHECK, SYS CHECKED SATISFACTORY. ACFT RELEASED FOR TEST FLIGHT. TEST FLIGHT SATISFACTORY. ACFT RETURNED TO FLIGHT STATUS.