# SDR 98ZZZX1343

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: February 12, 1998
- Submitted: March 26, 2000
- Operation: General aviation
- Aircraft: N756WF
- Make and model: Cessna TR182
- Registry model: [Cessna TR182](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-tr182) (OpenAirDocs)
- Aircraft serial: R18201177
- System (JASC): [3397 · Light System Wiring](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/3397)
- Part: Wire
- Condition: Shorted
- Location: Inst Post Light
- Part time: 4,858 hours
- Stage of operation: NR
- How discovered: O
- Nature of condition: B
- Precautionary procedure: O
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/98ZZZX1343

## Discrepancy

PILOT REPORTED SMOKE IN COCKPIT.  GROUND WIRE FOR INSTRUMENT POST- LIGHTS SHORTED OUT ON WIRE LUG TO 60-AMP CIRCUIT BREAKER FOR ALTERNATOR.  REPLACED GROUND WIRE AND RELOCATED AWAY FROM CIRCUIT BREAKER.  WIRE LUG ON 60-AMP BREAKER REPLACED.  BOTH SYSTEMS CHECKED OKAY.  NO OTHER DAMAGE FOUND.

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