SDR SH073532

Service difficulty report · Inverter · Lear 31A

Difficulty date
December 4, 2007
Submitted
December 14, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N314SG
Make and model
Lear 31A
Aircraft serial
133
Aircraft time
4,813 hours, 4,080 cycles
Engine
Garrtt TFE731*
System (JASC)
2422 · AC Inverter
Part
Inverter
Part number
501166601
Part serial
1375
Condition
Failed
Location
Nr 2
Part time
4,813 hours, 4,080 cycles
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

AFTER ENGINE START THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO TURN ON THE NR2 A/C INVERTER WITH NO RESULTS. AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS SMOKE COULD BE SMELLED IN THE AIRPLANE, AT THAT TIME THE ENGINES WHERE SHUTDOWN AND MAIN BATTERY POWER TURNED OFF. A LINE SERVICE ASSISTANT NOTIFIED THE PILOT THAT SMOKE WAS COMING FROM THE DORSAL FIN INLET. THE PILOT GOT OUT AND OPENED THE AFT TAIL AREA EQUIPMENT/BATTERY COMPARTMENT TO DISCONNECT THE BATTERIES, THIS AREA WAS ALSO FULL OF SMOKE. AFTER REMOVING THE NR 2 FAILED INVERTER, BLACK DISCOLORATION FROM THE COOLING VENTS COULD BE SEEN AND A BAD SMELL WAS PRESENT.

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