Service difficulty report · Diode · Cessna 172S

Difficulty date
September 13, 2006
Submitted
September 14, 2006
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N465ER
Make and model
Cessna 172S
Aircraft serial
172S10290
Aircraft time
38 hours
Part
Diode
Part number
1N6391
Condition
Loose
Location
Nr 1 Buss
Part time
38 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

THIS OPERATOR HAS A FLEET OF 16 CESSNA 172S NAVIII AIRCRAFT. DUE TO SOME OPERATIONAL DIFFICULTIES WHERE BUSS WIRING DISCREPANCIES WERE FOUND, A FLEET WIDE INSPECTION OF THE BUSS WIRING, TERMINAL CONNECTIONS AND WIRE ROUTING WAS ACCOMPLISHED. THE FOLLOWING WAS FOUND ON THIS AIRCRAFT: REMOVED CIRCUIT BREAKER PANEL AND FOUND LOOSE WIRES COMING FROM DIODES, GOING TO DIFFERENT CIRCUIT BREAKER BUSSES. TIGHTENED LOOSE NUTS AND CHECKED ALL OTHER WIRE CONNECTIONS, NONE NOTED. REMOVED SPARE WIRES LOOPED THRU OPEN BREAKER MOUNTING HOLE AND SECURED TO WIRE BUNDLE. CHECKED J-BOX FOR LOOSE CONNECTIONS, NONE NOTED. REINSTALLED BREAKER PANELS AND SECURED ALL WIRES AND FITTINGS.

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