SDR KPVA201104

Service difficulty report · Inverter · Dhav DHC8103

Difficulty date
March 6, 2011
Submitted
March 7, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N809WP
Make and model
Dhav DHC8103
Aircraft serial
032
Aircraft time
50,837 hours, 75,478 cycles
System (JASC)
2422 · AC Inverter
Part
Inverter
Part number
DH103024600CSIIB
Part serial
AA2511S8
Condition
Failed
Location
Zone 200
Stage of operation
DE
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B, J
Precautionary procedure
G

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

What was found

ON DESCENT, THE FLIGHT CREW OBSERVED THE AUX INV CAUTION LIGHT ILLUMINATED. AT THAT TIME AN ELECTRICAL ODOR WAS NOTICED BUT NO SMOKE. THE FLIGHT CREW DONNED THEIR O2 MASKS AND PROCEEDED WITH THEIR CHECKLIST. AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED AND THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE DETERMINED THAT THE AUX INVERTER WAS INOP AND DEFERRED IT PER MEL 24-8. THAT EVENING THE AUX INVERTER WAS REPLACED AND THE MEL CLEARED.