SDR 2016F00199

Service difficulty report · Wire · Beech B200GT

Difficulty date
October 11, 2016
Submitted
October 17, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N785AM
Make and model
Beech B200GT
Aircraft serial
BY220
Aircraft time
330 hours, 367 cycles
Part
Wire
Condition
Chafed
Location
Zone 100
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

AIRCRAFT DEPARTING SGR, PILOT CALLED FOR "GEAR UP", GEAR RESPONDED FOR A FEW SECONDS, THEN HALTED IN MID RETRACT. PILOT ASKED TOWER TO VERIFY, WHO SAID "NOSE WAS UP AND MAINS ONLY PARTIALLY UP". PILOT TRIED SEVERAL TIMES WITH NO FURTHER RESPONSE FROM LANDING GEAR SYSTEM. PILOT DECLARED EMERGENCY AND PUMPED GEAR DOWN MANUALLY. LANDED SAFELY BUT REQUESTED TO BE TOWED FROM THE TAXIWAY. AIRCRAFT WAS EXAMINED BY MOBILE UNIT. THEY FOUND A POPPED 1/2 AMP "GEAR CONTROL CIRCUIT" CIRCUIT BREAKER. RESET BREAKER, ALL CHECKS & GEAR SWINGS GOOD. FLEW AIRCRAFT BACK TO BASE EMPTY, NO FURTHER ISSUES. INSPECTED AREA A SECOND TIME WITH INTENT TO REPLACE POSSIBLE WEAK CB. CLOSER INSPECTION FOUND WIRE BUNDLE ROUTED ACROSS THE TOP OF THE MAIN POWER LUG OF THE GEAR RETRACT RELAY, AND A SENSE WIRE TO THE "20 SECOND DELAY RELAY" HAD CHAFED THROUGH THE INSULATION AND POPPED THE BREAKER. WIRE WAS REPAIRED, ALL OPS CHECKS GOOD. THIS SEEMS TO BE A STANDARD FACTORY ROUTING FOR THIS WIRE BUNDLE, AIRCRAFT IS 2 YEARS OLD. NO PART REQUIRED REPLACEMENT. NO SMOKE. NO FIRE. NO ENGINE STOPPAGE.

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