SDR 98ZZZX1314

Service difficulty report · Connector · Piper PA38112

Difficulty date: March 16, 1998
Submitted: March 26, 2000
Operation: General aviation
Aircraft: N2593P
Make and model: Piper PA38112
Aircraft serial: 3879A0866
System (JASC): 2460 · DC Power Distribution System
Part: Connector
Condition: Charred
Location: Lt Sidewall Pnl
Stage of operation: NR
Nature of condition: B
Precautionary procedure: O

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

What was found

'HOT WIRE' SMELL IN-FLIGHT AT NIGHT. STALL HORN CONTINUOUSLY ON. STROBES INOPERATIVE. (WING TIPS). UPON UNEVENTFUL LANDING, NOTICED STALL HORN BECOMES 'NORMAL' IF PITOT LT SWITCH IS TURNED ON. CONNECTOR 2 CARRIES CIRCUITS OF NAV LIGHTS, STROBES, PT HEAT, AND STALL WARNING.

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