Service difficulty report · Wire · Cessna 208B

Difficulty date
September 20, 2015
Submitted
September 21, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N619MA
Make and model
Cessna 208B
Aircraft serial
2192
Aircraft time
2,224 hours, 3,704 cycles
Part
Wire
Condition
Chafed
Location
Zone 200
Part time
2,224 hours, 3,702 cycles
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
D

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

What was found

PILOT TAXIED OUT TO RUN UP AREA & RETURNED WHEN GMU-700 FAIL WARNING CAME UP ON ALERTS, CAS MSG SYSTEM. G1000 SYS INSTALLED. UPON INVESTIGATING BY THE AVIONICS SHOP IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE POWER WIRE TO THE GMU-710 UNIT INSTALLED, FLIGHT DIRECTOR, YAW DAMPER & AUTO PILOT HEAD, HAD CHAFED THROUGH THE WIRE & WAS SHORTED OUT TO THE TOP OF THE AVIONICS RACK BEHIND THE MFD SCREEN. NO BREAKERS WHERE FOUND POPPED. REPAIRED BROKEN & SHORTED WIRE. PERFORMED OPERATIONAL CHECK OF ALL SYS & FOUND OK.

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