Service difficulty report · Bracket · Socata TBM700

Difficulty date
June 7, 2010
Submitted
June 7, 2010
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N378FC
Make and model
Socata TBM700
Aircraft serial
378
Aircraft time
575 hours, 290 cycles
Part
Bracket
Condition
Cracked
Location
Fuselage
Part time
470 hours, 288 cycles
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
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

ATTEMPTING TO START USING A GPU, GPU WAS WORKING NORMAL AND HAD LIGHT OFF OF THE FUEL, ELECTRIC SYS WENT DEAD. THEN IT CAME BACK ON, CONTINUING TO TURN THE STARTER. QUICKLY TURNED OFF THE IGNITION SWITCH AND FUEL CUTOFF. NO HOT START, TEMPS GOT UP HIGH 300'S. ASSUMED THE FBO'S GPU DIED. HOOKED UP ANOTHER GPU. 2ND GPU STILL NOTHING, DID A NORMAL BATTERY START AND GOT TO OUR DESTINATION. ON OUR NEXT FLT, GPU HOOKED UP TO START, IT WOULD NOT POWER SHIP. JIGGLED GPU POWER CABLE AND PUSHED IT IN TO MAKE SURE IT HAD GOOD CONTACT AND POWER CAME UP. GPU WORKED FINE UP UNTIL THE STARTER MOTOR ON, AND NO POWER. A BROKEN GROUNDING STRAP THAT CONNECTS TO FIREWALL, BRACKET ATTACHED TO THE FIREWALL CRACKED AND ARCED ELECTRICITY FROM GPU, THROUGH STRAP. VIBRATION MAY HAVE CRACKED THE BRACKET.

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