Service difficulty report · Interphone · Bbavia 7DC

Difficulty date
April 24, 2005
Submitted
June 2, 2005
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Bbavia 7DC
Aircraft time
4,918 hours
Engine
Cont C9012F
Propeller
Mcauly 1B90CM
Part
Interphone
Condition
Intermittent
Location
Cockpit
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
H
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

(CAN) RADIO WAS INTERMITTENT. A 2 PLACE PORTABLE INTERCOM WAS BEING USED. PILOTS RT KNEE WAS RESTING AND PULLING ON THE POWER CABLE. THE POWER CABLE IS EQUIPPED WITH A LIGHTER PLUG ADAPTER. THE PULL ON THE CABLE WOULD CAUSE THE LIGHTER PLUG TO COME LOOSE, WHEN THE PILOT MOVED HIS LEG THE INTERCOM, AND THUS THE RADIO, WOULD WORK OR NOT WORK. THE CABLE WAS RE-ROUTED TO AN AREA WHERE THERE WOULD BE NO PULL ON THE CABLE. THE SYSTEM NOW WORKS FINE.