Service difficulty report · Cable · Beech 56TC

Difficulty date
October 15, 2007
Submitted
December 13, 2007
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N420S
Make and model
Beech 56TC
Aircraft serial
TG74
Aircraft time
436 hours
Engine
Lyc TIO541*
Part
Cable
Condition
Chafed
Location
Oxygen System
Part time
463 hours
Component
Display
Component part number
100N21201
Stage of operation
UK
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

ISSUE WITH THE FIXED OXYGEN SYSTEM DISPLAY FOR STC SA01078SE WHERE THE DISPLAY (NOT IN CONTACT WITH OXYGEN) RIBBON CABLE CHAFED AND CREATED A SHORT TO GROUND WHERE THE RIBBON CABLE SMOKED BUT DID NOT FAIL, THE INDICATOR LIGHT OF THE SYSTEM, NOR FAILED TO OPERATE. ISSUE WAS NOTED DURING ANNUAL INSPECTION AND NOT REPORTED AT THE TIME OF INCIDENT. MFG HAS BEEN IN CONTACT WITH THE ACO AND IS ISSUING A SERVICE BULLETIN.

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