Service difficulty report · Circuit Breaker · Bombdr DHC8402

Difficulty date
February 7, 2018
Submitted
February 8, 2018
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N432QX
Make and model
Bombdr DHC8402
Aircraft serial
4166
Aircraft time
25,385 hours, 27,083 cycles
Part
Circuit Breaker
Condition
Tripped
Location
Vhf Comms
Part time
113,719 hours, 114,360 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

NR 1 VHF FAIL APPEARED AFTER TAKEOFF. COULD NOT TRANSMIT OR RECEIVE. CIRCUIT BREAKER ON LEFT ESSENTIAL J1 IS TRIPPED. DIVERTED. LANDING UNEVENTFUL. REMOVED FROM SERVICE. RESET THE CIRCUIT BREAKER IAW GPM 9.2-1. CIRCUIT BREAKER REMAINED SET. COULD NOT DUPLICATE DISCREPANCY. AS A PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE, R & R THE NR 1 VHF TRANSCEIVER IAW AMM 23-11-01-000-801. 23-11-01-400-801. OPS CHECKED GOOD. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.