Service difficulty report · Wire · Diamon DA42

Difficulty date
January 8, 2014
Submitted
February 26, 2014
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N801KC
Make and model
Diamon DA42
Aircraft serial
42AC101
Aircraft time
229 hours
Engine
Thielt TAE1250299
Engine time
229 hours
Part
Wire
Condition
Chafed
Location
Oil Press Sensor
Part time
229 hours
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
R, E, J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

DURING CRUISE, EXPERIENCED MULTIPLE ECU FAILURES ON RT ENGINE, FOLLOWED BY MODERATE POWER LOSS AND ROUGH RUNNING ENGINE CONDITIONS. ECU WAS RANDOMLY SWITCHING FROM SIDE A TO B IN AN ATTEMPT TO ISOLATE FAULT. ENGINE WAS VISUALLY INSPECTED FOR ANY ANOMALIES, PARTICULARLY IN THE MAIN ELECTRICAL HARNESS. PERFORMED MAINTENANCE DATA DOWNLOAD OF FLIGHT DATA AND SENT TO TECH SUPPORT FOR ANALYSIS. OIL PRESSURE SENSOR WIRING, FOUND INSULATION CHAFED, WIRE GROUNDING OUT AGAINST THE MOUNT SUPPORT FOR THE BLOW-BY ASSEMBLY, AIR/OIL SEPARATOR, CAUSING THE ECU TO SWITCH BETWEEN A AND B POSITIONS TRYING TO ISOLATE FAULT. VISUALLY INSPECTED WIRING FOR ELECTRODE DAMAGE, WIRE WAS INSULATED, REROUTED AND SECURED. PERFORMED RUN-UP, AND ALL ENGINE OPERATIONAL PARAMETERS WERE FOUND TO BE WITHIN LIMITS;

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