Service difficulty report · Pipe · Swrngn SA226TC

Difficulty date
June 25, 2007
Submitted
August 27, 2007
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N160WA
Make and model
Swrngn SA226TC
Aircraft serial
TC399
Engine
Garrtt TPE331*
Part
Pipe
Part number
2784187019
Condition
Arced
Location
Rt Wing Bleed Ai
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

IB OF RT NACELLE, BLEED AIR PIPE (PN 2784187019), CHAFED OR BURNED THROUGH THE ASBESTOS SLEEVE SURROUNDING THE STARTER RELAY WIRING, WHICH THEN ARCED A HOLE IN THE BLEED PIPE, WHICH THEN BURNED THE SHIELDING FROM THE STARTER RELAY WIRES, WHICH THEN ARCED A HOLE IN A HYDRAULIC LINE (PN 2781032403), RESULTING IN A FIRE.