Service difficulty report · Connector · Gulstm 200

Difficulty date
September 19, 2022
Submitted
September 27, 2022
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N430S
Make and model
Gulstm 200
Aircraft serial
BB1080
Aircraft time
11,836 hours, 11,371 cycles
Part
Connector
Condition
Shorted
Location
Zone 100
Component
Unknown
Stage of operation
DE
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

DURING FLIGHT FROM KVNY TO MMGM, WHILE DESCENDING FOR LANDING, SMOKE WAS DETECTED IN THE CABIN: INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE RIGHT AFT FACING SEAT FRAME WAS CONTACTING A CONNECTOR INSTALLED IN THE LOWER RIGHT SIDEWALL (FS 206). THE RIGHT AFT FACING SEAT WAS MOVED TO CLEAR CONTACT OF SIDEWALL AND THE SMOKE DISSIPATED. CORRECTIVE ACTION TAKEN: THE CONNECTOR WAS REMOVED, AND WIRING WAS CAPPED AND SECURED. IDENTIFIED POWER WIRE FROM CONNECTOR AND TRACED TO COPILOTS SIDE WALL TO CIRCUIT BREAKER IDENTIFIED AS OUTLET, LOCATED IN THE FURNISHINGS CIRCUIT BREAKER PANEL. ISOLATED THE OUTLET CIRCUIT BREAKER BY REMOVING ALL WIRING.