Service difficulty reports · 5
Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model.
SDR ITJ2013F00001Wire · loosePILOT REPORTED, "WHEN LANDING GEAR HANDLE PULLED- DOWN, BURNING ODOR OCCURRED, PLEASE CHECK ELECTRICAL WIRE." DURING TROUBLESHOOTING, FOUND POWER WIRE CONNECTION TO THIRD ROW BUS-BAR LOOSE. TIGHTENED CONNECTION, AND PERFORMED OPS CHECKS OF ALL EQUIPMENT ON TSDR ITJ2013F00000Radio · shortedPILOT REPORTED EXPERENCING " TRANSPONDER AND COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT NOT WORKING PROPERLY, THEN A HOST OF ELECTRICAL FAILURES, WITH A ODOR OF SMOKE." FOUND NR 2 COMM HAD FAILED. REPLACED NR 2 COMM. GROUND CHECK FOUND ALL OTHER SYSTEMS.SDR 98ZZZX4337Spring · mismanufacturedDURING 50-HOUR INSPECTION, 6FEB98 ORDERED PIPER 71056-03 SPRING, ELEVATOR BUNGEE TO C/W SB 626C. NEW SPRING WAS INSTALLED AT 37 POUNDS TENSION WITH CALIBRATED SCALE, BUT EXTENDED TO WITHIN 1.50 INCHES OF LINK END.SDR 98ZZZX4336Retaining Cap · crackedDISCOVERED DURING C/W AD 97-07-03 POSSIBLY DUE TO OVERTIGHTENING TENSION BOLT. SUBMITTER SUGGESTED DESIGN COULD USE SPACER BETWEEN PLUGS.SDR 96ZZZX5879Brake Sys · water contamINSP FOR BRAKE PEDALS LOCKED AND BRAKE DRAG, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE ENTIRE BRAKE SYSTEM, EXCEPT FOR ABOUT A QUARTER OF A PINT, WAS FULL OF WATER WHICH HAD FROZEN THE NIGHT BEFORE WHEN THE TEMPERATURE HAD DROPPED BELOW FREEZING. HEAT WAS APPLIED TO THE ACC