Service difficulty report · Elect Syst · Dhav DHC8102

Difficulty date
January 16, 1998
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N820PH
Make and model
Dhav DHC8102
Aircraft serial
63
Part
Elect Syst
Condition
Damaged
Location
E/E Compt
Stage of operation
CR
Nature of condition
H, J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

EN ROUTE, ACFT EXPERIENCED ST ELMOS FIRE ON THE WINDSHIELD WITH SOME PRECIPITATION STATIC. THE MASTER CAUTION LIGHT CAME ON. STARTED THE EMERGENCY CHECKLIST. PULLED LT TRU CIRCUIT BREAKER. 1 MIN LATER, EXPERIENCED LOSS OF PANEL LIGHT ON THE OVERHEAD, GLARESHIELD AND THE CAPTAIN'S INSTRUMENTS. THE DC VOLTMETER SHOWED ONLY BATTERY POWER. RETURNED TO PDX. RESET AC/DC GENERATORS, ALL POWER CAME BACK AND STAYED ON UNTIL LOWERED THE GEAR ON FINAL. AFTER THE GEAR CAME DOWN, EXPERIENCED NR 1 AC GENERATOR CAUTION LIGHT (THE GEN WON'T RESET). ACFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MX R/R NR 1 AC GEN, NR 1 GCU, AC PWR MONITOR, AC PWR MONITOR ELEC CONNECTOR AND REMOTE CONTROL C/B. PERFORMED TEST OF THE ELEC SYSTEM.