SDR 441M032002

Service difficulty report · Wire · Cessna 441

Difficulty date
March 20, 2002
Submitted
March 20, 2002
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N441M
Make and model
Cessna 441
Aircraft serial
4410032
Aircraft time
6,735 hours, 4,714 cycles
Part
Wire
Condition
Chafed
Location
Boost Pump
Part time
6,735 hours
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

WIRING FOR FUEL BOOST PUMPS IN EACH WING WERE CHAFED THROUGH TO CONDUCTOR. WIRING HARNESS HAS TWO CONNECTOR PLUGS, ONE TO EACH BOOST PUMP. CONNECTOR PLUGS ARE WIRED TO A THIRD, LARGER PLUG THAT CONNECTS TO BULKHEAD PLUG THAT FEEDS THROUGH INBOARD MOST RIB IN WET WING AREA. BOOST PUMPS ARE MOUNTED TO PLATE AND SURROUNDED BY METAL BOX SHAPED CAN WHICH WHEN INSTALLED, GETS INSERTED THROUGH HORIZONTAL PANEL WITH NEOPRENE SEALS, TO CREATE THE FUEL HOPPER. BOX LIKE ENCLOSURE FOR BOOST PUMPS IS VERY CLOSE TO WHERE THE WIRES EXIT LARGER OF THREE CONNECTOR PLUGS, SO WIRES ARE PUSHING FIRMLY AGAINST THE BOOST PUMP BOX LIKE COVER AND ARE CHAFING ON IT. FOUND AT LEAST ONE WIRE IN EACH WING THAT WAS CHAFED THROUGH.

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