SDR 99ZZZX2430

Service difficulty report · Transformer · Cessna 550

Difficulty date
May 27, 1999
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N100WT
Make and model
Cessna 550
Aircraft serial
5500858
Part
Transformer
Part number
99104941
Condition
Chafed
Location
Lt Pylon
Stage of operation
NR
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

WITH RT ENGINE RUNNING AND RT GEN ON-LINE, GEN ASSIST START WAS OPERATIONAL. IF LT ENG WAS RUNNING AND LT GEN ON-LINE, ATTEMPTING A RT START WOULD CAUSE LT GEN TO DROP OFF-LINE AND RT ENG WOULD NOT ROTATE. T/S TO A CT3 (LT GROUND FAULT XFORMER) WHICH HAD CHAFED AGAINST LT ENG COWLING ATTACH BRACKET AND HAD BEEN RENDERED USELESS. REPLACED LT PYLON CT3 GROUND FAULT XFORMER WITH NEW PART, SAME P/N, AND SYS WORKED PROPERLY. INSPECTED RT GROUND FAULT XFORMER, FOUND SIGNIFICANT CHAFING AGAINST THE RT COWLING ATTACH BRACKET. REPLACED RT PYLON GROUND FAULT XFORMER WITH NEW PART, SAME P/N, OBSERVED OTHER CHAFING OCCURRING ON BOTH COWLING ATTACH BRACKETS.

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