Service difficulty report · Connector · Cessna 650

Difficulty date
January 5, 2005
Submitted
January 6, 2005
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N49SM
Make and model
Cessna 650
Aircraft serial
6500132
Part
Connector
Part number
3505501
Condition
Arced
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

A WIRE CONNECTOR WAS INSTALLED TO REPLACE A BROKEN CONNECTOR. CONNECTOR WAS INSTALLED AND APPROVED FOR RETURN TO SERVICE BY A CERTIFIED REPAIR STATION.THE WIRE PROVIDED POWER TO THE OVERHEAD LIGHTS. APPROXIMATELY TWO WEEKS AFTER THE MAINTENANCE WAS PERFORMED, THE OPERATOR WAS PERFORMING AN OXYGEN MASK DROP TEST. HE HEARD A NOISE AND THEN SMELLED SMOKE AND SAW A SMALL FLAME IN THE HEADLINER AREA NEAR THE CABIN DOOR. THE OPERATOR SHUT OFF POWER AND EXTINGUISHED THE FLAME. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE CONNECTOR WAS MELTED AND THE WIRING WAS BURNED. THE OXYGEN SUPPLY LINE ADJACENT THE WIRE HAD SOME BURNED STRANDS OF OUTER COVERING. THE OPERATOR REPAIRED THE WIRING AND INSTALLED A NEW OXYGEN LINE.

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