SDR 98ZZZX3176

Service difficulty report · Wire · Gulstm 114B

Difficulty date
May 15, 1998
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N6042X
Make and model
Gulstm 114B
Aircraft serial
14652
Part
Wire
Condition
Loose
Location
Air Cond System
Part time
74 hours
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
W
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

THIS ACFT MANUFACTURED 9-97 WITH TT OF 73.6 HRS WAS REPORTED TO HAVE ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS SUCH AS FLUCTUATING OIL TEMP, PULSATING INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHTS, AND A POSITION LIGHT C/B SWITCH THAT WOULD NOT RESET. ALSO, ALTERNATOR NOISE IN HEADSETS. AFTER INSPECTION, NOTED NUMEROUS HEAVY GAUGE WIRINGS ON AIR CONDITIONING MODULE INSTALLATION WERE FOUND LOOSE, SOME OF WHICH THE LOCKWASHERS WERE NOT CRUSHED. ALSO, NUMEROUS C/B SWITCHES AND PUSH/PULL TYPE C/B'S WERE NOT SECURELY FASTENED TO THE BUSS BARS.