Service difficulty report · Wire · Cessna 560CESSNA

Difficulty date
December 28, 1999
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N207PC
Make and model
Cessna 560CESSNA
Aircraft serial
5605008
Part
Wire
Condition
Damaged
Location
Cockpit
Part time
573 hours
Component
Rapco
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
C
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

CABIN READING LIGHT CIRCUIT BREAKER, RIGHT, LOCATED IN AFT CLOST J-BOX, WOULD INTERMITTENTLY TRIP. CABIN LOWER TRIM PANELS AND RIGHT FORWARD CLOSET WERE REMOVED TO CHECK WIRING. A PINCHED AND BARE WIRE WAS FOUND OUTBOARD OF THE FORWARD RIGHT CLOSET ASSOCIATED WITH THIS CIRCUIT BREAKER. IT WAS NOTED VERY FEW OF THE WIRE BUNDLES WERE TIED UP PROPERLY EVEN THOUGH THERE WERE EXISTING CABLE TIE ANCHORS IN THE VICINITY. CESSNA ALSO USED VARIOUS ELECTRICAL BULKHEAD CONNECTORS IN THE WIRE BUNDLES AND FAILED TO TIE THEM UP. WHEN TOILET ASSEMBLY WAS REMOVED, NONE OF THE WIRE BUNDLES WERE FASTENED. THE WIRE BUNDLES WERE RUBBING ON THE METAL FRAME OF THE TOILET ASSEMBLY.