Service difficulty report · Connector · Cessna 206H

Difficulty date
January 8, 2010
Submitted
February 5, 2010
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N236KS
Make and model
Cessna 206H
Aircraft serial
20608236
Part
Connector
Part number
KTKSAD10280X3
Condition
Loose
Location
Fuel Pump
Part time
1,650 hours
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
F
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

PILOT REPORTED THAT FLAPS WOULD NOT EXTEND. CONNECTED EXTERNAL POWER AND FOUND THAT FLAPS WORKED PROPERLY. ON POST INSPECTION RUN UP FOUND THAT FUEL BOOST PUMP WOULD NOT OPERATE AND BEACON WOULD NOT FLASH. FOUND THAT THE ABOVE COMPONENTS WERE ON THE SAME ELECTRICAL BUS. CHECK CONNECTIONS AT JUNCTION BOX AND FOUND GOOD CONTINUITY ON ALL CONNECTIONS INSIDE THE JUNCTION BOX. THE 3 WIRE CONNECTOR THAT ALSO INCLUDES THE WIRE FOR THE BUS OF THE INOPERATIVE COMPONENTS, WAS FOUND LOOSE. WHEN CONNECTOR WAS OPENED THE PINS THAT FED THE AVIONICS WAS BURNED AND ARCHED (NR1 BUS). REPLACED THE CONNECTOR ALONG WITH THE CONNECTOR PINS. ALSO APPLIED TYWRAPS TO THE CONNECTOR AND TIED IT SECURELY TO A NEARBY WIRE BUNDLE. RAN ACFT WITH NO FURTHER DEFECTS.

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