Service difficulty report · Wire · Cirrus SR22

Difficulty date
April 24, 2013
Submitted
June 11, 2013
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N804LX
Make and model
Cirrus SR22
Aircraft serial
3488
Aircraft time
818 hours
Engine
Cont IO550N
Part
Wire
Part number
BAPR84810N
Part serial
0
Condition
Arced
Location
Battery
Part time
818 hours
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B, G
Precautionary procedure
H

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

What was found

PILOT REPORTED BURNING OR HOT ODOR ON SHORT FINAL. WHEN ACFT WAS SHUTDOWN, PILOT OBSERVED THE FLAP POSITION LED AND THE KEYPAD BACKGROUND LIGHTS WERE STILL ILLUMINATED AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS FOR THE NR 2 BATTERY, YAW SERVO AND AUTOPILOT CONTROL/KEYPAD WERE TRIPPED. ATTEMPTED TO TRIP ALL ACFT CIRCUIT BREAKERS, THE INDICATIONS REMAINED. DISCONNECTED THE NR 1 ACFT BATTERY AND INDICATIONS STILL WERE PRESENT. DISCONNECTED AIRCRAFT NR 2 BATTERY. WHEN REACHING IN TO THE COMPARTMENT A SPARK OCCURED. SPARK WAS DUE TO THE NR 2 BATTERY WIRING CONTACTING THE YAW SERVO WHICH SHORTED OUT TO THE RT FORWARD ELEVATOR CONTROL CABLE. NR 2 BATTERY POSITIVE WIRE BURNED THROUGH.

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