SDR RU3A99012

Service difficulty report · Indicator · Beech 300BEECH

Difficulty date
November 18, 1999
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N83
Make and model
Beech 300BEECH
Aircraft serial
FF18
Part
Indicator
Part number
80956861001
Condition
Inoperative
Location
Efhsi
Stage of operation
CR
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
H

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

What was found

THE CREW REPORTED THE PILOTS EFHSI IND FLICKERED THEN TURNED OFF WITH THE SMELL OF ELECTRICAL SMOKE JUST BEFORE IT WENT OUT. TRIED TO COPY TO THE CO-PILOTS EFHSI AND THE SAME PROBLEM OCCURRED. REPLACED THE PILOTS EFHSI AND THE SYSTEM CHECKED FINE ON THE GROUND. THE A/C WAS RELEASED, DURING A/C ROLL FOR T/O THE PILOTS EFHSI AGAIN FLICKERED AND REDUCED IN SIZE HORIZONTALLY TO THE RT HALF OF THE DISPLAY. COPY DOWN WAS THE SAME DISPLAY. THE CO-PILOTS EFHSI WAS OK. THE CREW CONTINUED ON TO BTL. THIS PROBLEM DOESN'T APPEAR RELATED TO THE ONE DETAILED IN ARR BN 29-7, WHICH CONCERNED THE CO-PILOTS EFHSI. AVIONICS BELIEVES THIS PROBLEM TO BE POSSIBLY A SYMBOL GENERATOR OR WIRING PROBLEM. THE SYMBOL GENERATOR WA