Service difficulty report · Wire · Cessna R182

Difficulty date
January 11, 2013
Submitted
January 15, 2013
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N2744C
Make and model
Cessna R182
Aircraft serial
R18200224
Aircraft time
2,777 hours
Part
Wire
Condition
Burned
Location
Instrument Panel
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
H
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

THE ALTERNATOR REGULATOR AND FUEL PUMP CIRCUT BREAKERS WOULD POP AND NOT RESET. FOUND THE BUSS BAR TO BE HOT TO THE TOUCH BEHIND THOSE BREAKERS. THE BUSS BAR WAS HOT ENOUGH THAT THE BREAKERS WHERE TRIPPING FROM THE HEAT. FOUND WIRE NR PA4 FROM THE ALTERNATOR BREAKER TO THE BUSS BAR TO BE GETTING HOT WHERE THE RING TERMINAL IS CRIMPED TO THE WIRE. REPLACED THE WIRE AND RING TERMINALS AND THE BREAKERS NO LONGER TRIP.

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