Service difficulty report · Circuit Board · Beech E90

Difficulty date
March 13, 2009
Submitted
March 16, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N379VM
Make and model
Beech E90
Aircraft serial
LW27
Aircraft time
7,780 hours, 8,836 cycles
Part
Circuit Board
Part number
903640141
Condition
Burned Out
Location
Annunciator
Part time
7,780 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

A CABIN ALTITUDE WARNING PRESSURE SWITCH TEST WAS PERFORMED BY METHOD 2, AS REFERENCED IN MM 21-30-00, PAGE 214, ITEMS A-F. DETERMINED THAT THE TEST FAILED ITEM C OF THE TEST, BECAUSE THERE WAS NO VISUAL AMBER "CABIN ALTITUDE HIGH" WARNING ANNUNCIATION AVAILABLE TO THE FLIGHT CREW, WITH THE ANNUNCIATION DIMMING CONTROL POTENTIOMETER ON THE LOW DIM POSITION. REPLACEMENT OF THE ANNUNCIATION CONTROL PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD, P/N 90-364014-1, CORRECTED THE DISCREPANCY, BY RETAINING THE AMBER ANNUNCIATION LIGHT IN THE BRIGHT MODE. AN INOPERATIVE CIRCUIT BOARD PREVENTING OPERATION OF THE ANNUNCIATION DIMMING CIRCUIT UNTIL THE FAULT WARNING LIGHT/ RE-SET SWITCH WERE ACTIVATED. SEE WIRING MANUAL, REFERENCE ANNUNCIATION WIRING DIAGRAM 33-15-03, PAGE 3, DATED JUL/6/1984.

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