Service difficulty report · Wire · Beech 1900D

Difficulty date
December 21, 1999
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Make and model
Beech 1900D
Engine
Pwa PT6A67D
Propeller
Hartzl HCE4A3I
Part
Wire
Part number
L33J20
Condition
Failed
Location
Cockpit
Part time
5,590 hours
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
D

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

What was found

(CAN) LOSS OF INSTRUMENT LIGHTING ON CPT AND COPILOT INSTRUMENT PANEL. LIGHTS CONTROLLED BY 2 SEPARATE POTENTIOMETERS ON OVERHEAD PANEL. PROBLEM ACTUATED C/B 21 LOCATED UNDER FLOOR WHICH FEEDS BOTH INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHTS. MAINT FOUND THAT BEHIND AUDIO SELECTOR PANEL, WIRE L33J20 WAS CHAFED ON CENTER FORMER STA 94. NOTED THAT L33J20 WAS NOT SECURED TO ANYTHING. WIRE L33J20 FEEDS POST LIGHTS ON INSTRUMENT PANEL AND IS FED FROM TB118 TERMINAL 7 WHICH IS CONTROLLED BY C/B 21. SHORT ALSO CAUSED TRANSISTOR Q5 WHICH CONTROLS PILOT FLIGHT LIGHTS TO SHORT OUT. THE CHAFED WIRE WAS SECURED, TRANSISTOR REPLACED, C/B 21 RESET. SUBMITTER SAYS FEED TO 2 PILOTS SHOULD BE SEPARATED AND OFF 2 C/B'S.

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