SDR 97ZZZX2859

Service difficulty report · Switch · Skrsky S76

Difficulty date: May 1, 1997
Submitted: March 26, 2000
Operation: General aviation
Aircraft: N5447C
Make and model: Skrsky S76
Aircraft serial: 760180
System (JASC): 3212 · Emergency Flotation Section
Part: Switch
Part number: PM225681
Condition: Shorted
Location: Float
Part time: 12,925 hours
Stage of operation: NR
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

FLOAT INFLATED PREMATURELY. FOUND SWITCH ROTATING IN CYCLIC, LOOSE INSTALLATION, WIRE FRAYED. NO SHIELDING OVER SOLDER JOINT, CAUSING SHORT. UNSOLDERED CONNECTION, INSTALLED SHIELDING OVER WIRES, RESOLDERED, AND INSTALLED SWITCH SECURELY TO PREVENT TURNING.