SDR AMWA88588

Service difficulty report · Ground Wire · Beech 1900D

Difficulty date
November 14, 2007
Submitted
November 26, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N161YV
Make and model
Beech 1900D
Aircraft serial
UE161
Aircraft time
21,198 hours, 39,985 cycles
Engine
Pwa PT6A67D
Part
Ground Wire
Condition
Loose
Location
Windshield
Part time
9,611 hours, 15,867 cycles
Stage of operation
LD
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

AFTER LANDING AND SHUTDOWN, CREW STATED THEY SMELLED AN ELECTRICAL ODOR IN THE COCKPIT. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED COCKPIT WIRING AND PERFORMED GROUND RUNS AT SEVERAL POWER SETTINGS AND TIGHTENED CAPTAIN'S SIDE WINDSHIELD HEAT GROUNDING SCREW AND CLEARED DISCREPANCY.

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