SDR 99ZZZX2652

Service difficulty report · Resistor · Cessna 177RG

Difficulty date
June 21, 1999
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N52926
Make and model
Cessna 177RG
Aircraft serial
177RG1311
Part
Resistor
Part number
S20415016
Condition
Burned
Location
Cockpit
Part time
3,315 hours
Stage of operation
IN
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

DURING ANNUAL INSP, SMOKE NOTICED COMING OUT OF RADIO STACK. INVEST SHOWED THE S2041-50-1.6 RESISTOR FOR THE CIGARETTE LIGHTER DAMAGED AND SMOKING. SMOKE AND BURN MARKS NOTED ON BOTH SIDES OF GLOVE BOX SIDEWALL WHERE RESISTOR WAS MOUNTED. THE NYLON LOCKING PORTION OF MOUNTING NUTS WAS MELTED AWAY. INSP SHOWED THE CERAMIC INSULATOR INSIDE THE BASE OF THE 0513052-20 CIGARETTE LIGHTER WAS BROKEN. NEITHER THE 7-AMP FUSE OR THE 10-AMP C/B ACTIVATED.

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