Service difficulty report · Wire · Gulstm 114B

Difficulty date
December 23, 2003
Submitted
December 23, 2003
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N6050Z
Make and model
Gulstm 114B
Aircraft serial
14660
Aircraft time
662 hours
Engine
Lyc IO540*
Part
Wire
Condition
Misrouted
Location
Connector
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

DURING OPERATIONAL TEST OF AIRCRAFT PRIOR TO BEGINNING ANNUAL INSPECTION, FOUND WHEN RUNNING MANUAL ELECTRIC TRIM, WHILE PRESSING AND HOLDING DOWN TRIM INTERRUPT BUTTON, TRIM WOULD CONTINUE TO RUN THOUGH AT A MUCH SLOWER RATE. IF TRIM INTERRUPT SWITCH WAS HELD FIRST, THEN THE MANUAL ELECTRIC TRIM ACTUATED, IT WOULD NOT RUN. (KFC-200 AUTOPILOT) FOUND AVIONICS COOLING FAN GROUND WIRE WAS CONNECTED TO A JUNCTION TYING TRIM SERVO PIN C, AP COMPUTER P1 PIN N, P2 PIN Z THROUGH AUTOPILOT DISCONNECT RELAY TO SERVO PIN A. COOLING FAN CIRCUIT BREAKER SUPPLIED VOLTAGE THROUGH THE MOTOR TO THIS CONNECTION CAUSING TRIM TO RUN WHEN TRIM INTERRUPT WAS DEPRESSED.