SDR 98ZZZX1870

Service difficulty report · Connector · Beech C90

Difficulty date: March 10, 1998
Submitted: March 26, 2000
Operation: General aviation
Filed by: ACOR030C
Air Care Inc
Aircraft: N4449Q
Make and model: Beech C90
Aircraft serial: LJ895
System (JASC): 3455 · Automatic Direction Finder (ADF) System
Part: Connector
Part number: BT06A1210S
Condition: Failed
Location: Adf Loop Cable
Part time: 3,140 hours
Component: KDF805
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

WIRES BROKE INSIDE CABLE AT FACE OF HARD EPOXY POTTING COMPOUND. CONNECTOR HAD NO STRAIN RELIEF. BOTH SYSTEMS HAD SIMILAR FAILURE. CABLES WERE REPAIRED BY CUTTING OFF CONNECTORS AND POTTED AREA OF CABLES, RETERMINATING SHIELDS, AND INSTALLING NEW CONNECTORS WITH STRAIN RELIEF CLAMPS.

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