What was found
PILOT REPORTS AUTOPILOT CB TRIPPED. TROUBLESHOT PROBLEM AND FOUND WIRING INSIDE COPILOTS YOKE TO BE CHAFED AND SHORTING TO GROUND WHERE THE WIRES FEED FROM THE BACK OF THE YOKE INTO THE YOKE HANDLE.
- Difficulty date
- March 6, 2009
- Submitted
- March 2, 2010
- Operation
- General aviation
- Aircraft
- N55MV
- Make and model
- Cessna 550
- Aircraft serial
- 5500407
- Aircraft time
- 9,176 hours
- System (JASC)
- 2297 · Auto Flight System Wiring
- Part
- Wire
- Condition
- Chafed
- Location
- Autopilot Sys
- Stage of operation
- CR
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- S
- Precautionary procedure
- H
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.