Service difficulty report · Contactor · Urocop EC130B4

Difficulty date
November 18, 2022
Submitted
November 21, 2022
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N728AM
Make and model
Urocop EC130B4
Aircraft serial
7248
Aircraft time
4,944 hours, 15,771 cycles
Part
Contactor
Part number
6147
Condition
Unserviceable
Location
30a Panel
Stage of operation
AA
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
I, H, G
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

PILOT CALLED AND REPORTED A COMPLETE AVIONICS FAILURE. AFTER LANDING I SPOKE WITH THE PILOT AND HAD HIM POWER THE AVIONICS BACK ON TO TELL ME THE SPECIFIC SYSTEMS THAT FAILED WHILE MECHANICS WERE ENROUTE. WE WERE ABLE TO DERMINE THAT THE AVIONIC SYSTEMS THAT DID FAIL WERE ON THE DCT/BAT SYSTEM, AND NOT A COMPLETE AVIONICS FAILURE. MAINTENANCE ARRIVED ON SITE AND VERIFIED FAILURE OF THE DCT/BAT SYSTEM. WE WERE ABLE TO BYPASS THE SWITCH AND TEST THAT THE SYSTEMS DID POWER ON. WE ORDERED AND REPLACED THE 35P CONTACTOR AND 30A PANEL DCT/BAT SWITCH. POST MAINTENANCE TEST WERE PERFORMED WITH NO ISSUES.

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