SDR 97ZZZX1957

Service difficulty report · Wire · Mooney M20J

Difficulty date
March 31, 1997
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N195ER
Make and model
Mooney M20J
Aircraft serial
243256
Part
Wire
Part number
PA10A06
Condition
Shorted
Location
Firewall
Part time
5,769 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

WHILE TROUBLESHOOTING AN INTERMITTENT/UNCOMMANDED, ON OR OFF, OF THE AVIONICS MASTER RELAY - ELECTRICAL ARCING WAS HEARD. INVESTIGATION REVEALED ALTERNATOR OUTPUT 'A+' SHIELDED WIRE NR PA10A06 (BETWEEN FIRE WALL AND FORWARD END OF RF FILTER) HAD RUBBED THROUGH INSULATION OF WIRE NR PB11A06 (AT UNSHIELDED WIRE BETWEEN AMPMETER SHUNT AND HOT SIDE OF START RELAY). THIS SHORT CIRCUIT BYPASSES ALL CIRCUIT BREAKER PROTECTION.

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