SDR AWHA1129

Service difficulty report · Wire · Cessna 208B

Difficulty date
December 2, 2002
Submitted
March 10, 2003
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N891FE
Make and model
Cessna 208B
Aircraft serial
208B0221
Engine
Pwa PT6A114A
Part
Wire
Condition
Shorted
Location
Hour Meter
Part time
5,562 hours
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
9
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

AIRCRAFT DOES NOT HAVE THE HOUR METER OPTION INSTALLED. AIRCRAFT IS WIRED FOR THIS OPTION, CLOCK OR HOUR METER. MAINTENANCE HAS FOUND AT THE CIRCUIT BREAKER CB75 BOTH OPTIONS POWERED AND THE WIRE DF2 TERMINAL IMPROPERLY STOWED. THE TERMINAL END OF WIRE DF2 IS NOT PROTECTED FROM SHORTING AND IMPROPER TIE WRAPPING ALLOWS THE TERMINAL END TO FLOP AROUND. TERMINAL END DF7 IS A GROUNDED CIRCUIT AND IS STOWED WITH DF2 TERMINAL. FOUND THIS AIRCRAFT WIRING TIES BEHIND COPILOTS INSTRUMENT PANEL. DF2, DF7 TERMINAL ENDS LOOSE. C/A: MAINTENANCE IS INSPECTING FOR THIS CONDITION, IF FOUND, IS DISCONNECTING TERMINAL DF1 AT CB75, HEAT SHRINKING TERMINAL END PROTECTION AND PROPERLY STOWING WIRE.

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