Service difficulty report · Wire · Lear 45LEAR

Difficulty date
September 12, 2013
Submitted
November 29, 2013
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N745K
Make and model
Lear 45LEAR
Aircraft serial
245
Part
Wire
Part number
M6613104023
Condition
Chafed
Location
Nr 2 Seat
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

DURING FINAL APPROACH, ONE PASSENGER CAME FORWARD AND ASKED FOR THE LOCATION OF THE FIRE EXTINGUISHER. STATED SOMETHING TO THE EFFECT OF SMELLING SMOKE AND AN ELECTRICAL ODOR. CHECKED CIRCUIT BREAKERS AND FOUND THE RT CABIN SPOT LIGHT CIRCUIT BREAKERS HAD TRIPPED. CHECKED BACK WITH THE PASSENGERS, AND THEY STATED THAT THEY NO LONGER SMELLED ANYTHING. CONTINUED APPROACH WITHOUT ANY FURTHER EVENTS. WIRING IN THE CONTROL PANEL FOR THE NR 2 SEAT, VIP SEAT, RUBBED AGAINST EXPOSED MOVING PARTS OF THE RETRACTABLE CUP HOLDER FOR THAT SEAT CAUSING THE CUP HOLDER TO HEAT UP PRODUCING AN ODOR. EVENTUALLY THE CIRCUIT BREAKER FOR THE LIGHTING CONTROL UNIT TRIPPED AND POWER WAS REMOVED FROM THE WIRE PREVENTING ANY FURTHER DAMAGE. INTERNAL INVESTIGATION ALONG WITH MFG, FOUND THAT THE MODEL CUP HOLDER HAS EXPOSED MOVING PARTS THAT RUBBED AGAINST THE WIRING.