SDR 99ZZZX3076

Service difficulty report · Wire · Beech 65B90

Difficulty date
August 3, 1999
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N452TT
Make and model
Beech 65B90
Aircraft serial
LJ452
Part
Wire
Condition
Shorted
Location
Air Conditioner
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
O
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

PILOT REPORTED AIR CONDITIONER INOPERABLE. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED AIR CONDITIONER SYSTEM AND FOUND GROUND TO COMPRESSOR MOTOR HAD BURNED A HOLE IN BEAM P/N 50-410012-249. THIS BEAM HAS THE UPPER SUPPORT FOR THE DRAG BRACE ATTACHED TO IT. THE DIAMETER OF THE HOLE WAS APPROXIMATELY .75 INCH. GROUND WIRE ATTACH BOLT APPEARED TO HAVE WORKED LOOSE CAUSING GROUND TO ARC. SUBMITTER SUGGESTED RE-LOCATING GROUND ONTO A GROUND LUG AND NOT DIRECTLY ON THIS BEAM.

More about the Beech 65-B90