Service difficulty report · Wire · Cessna 550

Difficulty date
June 13, 2012
Submitted
June 28, 2012
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N888NK
Make and model
Cessna 550
Aircraft serial
411121
Aircraft time
400 hours
Engine
Cont TSIO550C
Engine time
400 hours
Part
Wire
Condition
Burned
Location
Cockpit
Part time
400 hours
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
E, H

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

What was found

INVESTIGATED PROBLEM OF SMOKE IN COCKPIT. SMOKE APPEARED TO BE COMING OUT OF THE ANTI-FOG VENTS. AFTER FURTHER INVESTIGATION SOME WIRING BEHIND COPILOTS MFD WERE FOUND TO BE SHORTED. IN MECHANIC`S OPINION, WIRING TO THE K10 RELAY CHAFED INSIDE HEAT SHRINKED AREA CAUSING A SHORT TO GROUND. AREA CONTAINS TWO RESISTORS (1 EA- 7.5 OHM 10 WATT, 1 EA- 10 OHM 5 WATT) AND A GROUND WIRE HEAT SHRINKED TOGETHER. ROUND WIRE VISIBLY BURNED. REPAIRED DAMAGED WIRING, REPLACED BOTH RESISTORS AND BOTH RELAYS THEN HEAT SHRINKED RESISTORS INDIVIDUALLY. INSPECTED ASSOCIATED WIRING IN BOTH CIRCUITS AND FOUND OK. DURING OPS CHECK, REGULATOR VALVE WAS FOUND TO BE FAULTY ALTHOUGH IT CHECKED GOOD WITH A MULTIMETER PRIOR TO OPS CHECK.

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