Service difficulty report · Wire · Beech A36

Difficulty date
February 10, 2006
Submitted
April 17, 2006
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N806NH
Make and model
Beech A36
Aircraft serial
E2702
Engine
Cont IO550B
Propeller
Mcauly D3A32C*
Part
Wire
Part number
L143J20
Condition
Chafed
Location
Rt Wing Nav Lite
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

PILOT REPORTED NAVIGATION LIGHT BREAKER SWITCH (POPPED) IN FLIGHT AND WAS NOT ABLE TO RESET. MAINTENANCE PERSONAL TROUBLESHOT NAVIGATION LIGHT SYSTEM AND FOUND A SHORT IN THE WIRING IN THE RT WING AT APPROXIMATE WING STATION 162.5. A NEW WIRE WAS PULLED THROUGH TO REPLACE THE OLD WIRE. TIME IN SERVICE IS A FACTOR IN THIS OCCURRENCE. ALSO IN SERVICE IS A FACTOR IN THIS OCCURRENCE. ALSO THE WIRE LAYS IN A STRINGER CHANNEL AND HAS NO OTHER MEANS OF SUPPORT OTHER THAN GLUED IN STRIPS AT VARIOUS INTERVALS TO KEEP THE WIRE IN THE CHANNEL. THERE IS NO ACCESS TO THIS WIRE FROM WING STA 122.75 TO 191.00. THERE SHOULD BE A PLASTIC CONDUIT TUBING FOR THIS WIRE TO RUN THROUGH. (K)

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