SDR 95ZZZX834

Service difficulty report · Wire · Cessna S550

Difficulty date
January 31, 1995
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N138QS
Make and model
Cessna S550
Aircraft serial
S5500138
Part
Wire
Condition
Chafed
Location
Gear Warning
Part time
3,930 hours
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

PILOT COMPLAINED OF INTERMITTENT GEAR UNSAFE INDICATION AND WARNING HORN. ALSO, ANTI-SKID WAS INOPERATIVE. FOUND WIRE BUNDLE IN THE LT WING TRAILING EDGE, JUST OUTBOARD OF THE INBOARD FLAP BELLCRANK HAD SHORTED AND BURNED. IT APPEARED THE SHRINK WRAP HAD CHAFED THROUGH TO THE BUNDLE AND SHORTED TO GROUND. REPAIRED WIRE BUNDLE.

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