SDR MALA964932

Service difficulty report · Inverter · Dhav DHC8102

Difficulty date
March 31, 1996
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N832MA
Make and model
Dhav DHC8102
Aircraft serial
341
System (JASC)
2422 · AC Inverter
Part
Inverter
Part number
DH103024600S
Condition
Failed
Location
Cockpit
Stage of operation
CR
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

AZO - FLT 3003 - IN CRUISE FLIGHT, THE SEC INV CAUTION LIGHT ILLUMINATED, AND A LOUD POPPING SOUND WAS HEARD BY THE CREW. THE CREW ALSO NOTED AN AMMONIA TYPE SMELL. THE INVERTER SWITCH WAS SELECTED OFF AND THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO AZO WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE SECONDARY INVERTER. ALL SYSTEMS OPERATED SATISFACTORILY. (X)