Service difficulty report · Wire · Pilats PC1245

Difficulty date
January 16, 2001
Submitted
February 23, 2001
Operation
Air carrier
Make and model
Pilats PC1245
Engine
Pwa PT6A67B
Propeller
Hartzl HCE4A3D
Part
Wire
Part number
C125B24
Condition
Chafed
Location
Lt Wing Te Flaps
Part time
1,746 hours, 1,458 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

(CAN) FLAPS SELECTED UUP FROM 15 DEGS. FLAPS WARNING ON CAWS, FLAPS SHUTDOWN AGAIN.PROBELM COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED IN HANGAR.FLAP COMPUTER ON ORDER FOR TROUBLESHOOTING. FLAP CNTL WARNING UNIT WOULD CAUSE FLAP FAILURE IN AIR WHEN FLAP SELECTION MADE. INVEST. REVEALED CODE E203 INDICATING DIFFERENCE OF 20 REVOLUTIONS BETWEEN LT & RT ROTATION SENSORS. FURTHER INVEST. REVEALED ROTATIION SENSE WIRES ALONG WITH A.O.A. SENSE WIRES CHAFED THROUGH IN LT WING AT WING RIB 2A. CAUSE OF CHAFING IMPROPER ROUTING OF WIRES. THESE WIRES WERE ROUTED OUTSIDE OF WIRING BUNDLE SADDLE AT RIB 2A & WERE ALLOWED TO CHAFE ON AIRFRAME.