SDR 98ZZZX309

Service difficulty report · Wire · Bolkms BO105S

Difficulty date
November 14, 1997
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N491HL
Make and model
Bolkms BO105S
Aircraft serial
S664
Part
Wire
Condition
Shorted
Location
Battery
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

WHILE AIRCRAFT WAS RUNNING, THE ODOR OF BURNED WIRE INSULATION WAS NOTICED AND NR 1 GENERATOR LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THEN EXTINGUISHED. AIRCRAFT WAS SHUT DOWN. THE BATTERY WAS DISCONNECTED. UPON INSPECTION, FOUND THE CABLE FROM THE BATTERY RELAY TO THE RCCR HAD SHORTED TO GROUND.