Service difficulty report · Wire · Gulstm 500B

Difficulty date
November 15, 2012
Submitted
November 30, 2012
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N1176Z
Make and model
Gulstm 500B
Aircraft serial
500B15491
Engine
Lyc IO540E1A5
Part
Wire
Condition
Damaged
Location
Transmitter
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

AFTER FINDING A BROKEN WIRE ON THE FUEL LEVEL TRANSMITTER OF ANOTHER ACFT OF THE SAME MAKE AND MODEL, MECHANIC INSPECTED AND FOUND FUEL LEVEL TRANSMITTER WITH BRITTLE WIRE ON THE TRANSMITTER VARIABLE CONTACT MAKING AN NTERMITTENT CONNECTION.