SDR 97ZZZX2882

Service difficulty report · Ground Wire · Cessna 425

Difficulty date
June 4, 1997
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N12214
Make and model
Cessna 425
Aircraft serial
4250194
Part
Ground Wire
Condition
Loose
Location
Rt Generator
Part time
1,650 hours
Stage of operation
IN
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

RIGHT GENERATOR CONTINUOUSLY DROPPED OFF-LINE, BUT WOULD RESET. FOUND GENERATOR GROUNDING ATTACHED TO SPAR WEB JUST AFT OF ENGINE. THE GROUND WIRE WAS LOOSE AND HAD BEEN ARCING TO SPAR WEB. ORIGINAL HOLE IS ORIGINALLY .375 INCH DIAMETER AND HAD BEEN ARCED OUT TO ALMOST 1 INCH IN DIAMETER.

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