SDR 5322

Service difficulty report · Wire · Mooney M20M

Difficulty date
April 11, 2005
Submitted
April 11, 2005
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N21816
Make and model
Mooney M20M
Aircraft serial
270277
Aircraft time
864 hours
Part
Wire
Condition
Overheated
Location
Avionics Blower
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

AVIONICS BLOWER AND COWL FLAP BREAKER POPPED IN FLIGHT, UNABLE TO RESET. LANDING AND TAXI CIRCUITS DRAW 18 AMPS EACH AND WERE ROUTED THROUGH CIRCUIT BREAKER DISCONNECT WITH CONTACT RATING OF 13 AMPS EACH. THE OVERHEATED CONNECTION MELTED INSULATION ON SURROUNDING WIRES SHORTING LANDING AND TAXI LIGHT CIRCUIT TO AVIONICS BLOWER AND COWL FLAP ACTUATOR CIRCUIT. CORRECTIVE ACTION WAS TO REMOVE DAMAGED WIRES AND CONTACT, THEN ROUTE LANDING AND TAXI LIGHT CIRCUITS THROUGH MULTIPLE CONTACTS TO INCREASE CURRENT CAPABILITY.

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