Service difficulty report · Coupler · Cessna 750

Difficulty date
July 19, 2000
Submitted
August 14, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N936QS
Make and model
Cessna 750
Aircraft serial
7500036
Part
Coupler
Part number
104012
Condition
Melted
Location
Switch Panel
Part time
2,870 hours
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
O

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What was found

CREW MEMBER TURNED ON CABIN COFFEEMAKER, PACIFIC SYSTEMS P/N 1322-1-55 SWITCH PANEL, SHORTLY THEREAFTER, THERE WAS SMOKE IN THE AREA OF 1322 SWITCH PANEL. CREWMEMBER REMOVED CABIN POWER AND SMOKE CEASED. ACFT CONTINUED TO ITS DESTINATION AND LANDED NORMALLY. UPON REMOVAL OF SWITCH PANEL, THE ASSOCIATED P/N 1040-1-2 COUPLER (PLASTIC) WAS FOUND SIGNIFICANTLY MELTED AND SCORCHED ALONG WITH PLASTIC CONNECTOR. SLIGHT HEAT DISCOLORATION/SCORCH IN IMMEDIATE COUPLER MOUNTING AREA, NO NOTICEABLE DAMAGE TO EQUIP OR AIRFRAME. ALL PERTINENT COMPONENTS HAVE BEEN REMOVED AND RETURNED TO FACTORY FOR EVALUATION. (X)

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