Service difficulty report · Wire · Cessna 175

Difficulty date
July 11, 2001
Submitted
July 30, 2001
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N6651E
Make and model
Cessna 175
Aircraft serial
56151
Engine
Cont GO300*
Part
Wire
Condition
Defective
Location
Inst Panel
Part time
1,904 hours
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
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

AIRCRAFT BROUGHT TO BE CLEAN-UP WIRING BEHIND INSTRUMENT PANEL. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION I IMMEDIATELY DISCONNECTED THE SHIPS BATTERY DUE TO THE FACT THE WIRING WAS IN SUCH A DISARRAY I COULD NOT BELIEVE IT WORKED AND IF SO WHY IT HAD NOT CAUSED A FIRE. IE: EXPOSED SOLDER SPLICES THAT WERE IN POWER FEED LINES. 4 DIFFERENT SPLICES PLUS 1 FUSE IN LESS THAN 16 INCHES IN THE AME 18AWG WIRE. FUSES IN LINE WITH FUSES, WIRE STRANDS TWISTED, POORLY SOLDERED AND HOOKED TO THE LINE SIDE OF MASTER SWITCH. ALL DEFECTS WERE CORRECTED AND AC APPROVED FOR RETURN TO SERVICE.

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