Service difficulty report · Wire · Swrngn SA226TC

Difficulty date
August 31, 2006
Submitted
September 7, 2006
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Swrngn SA226TC
Engine
Garrtt TPE33110UA
Propeller
Rotol R321482F8
Part
Wire
Condition
Damaged
Location
Battery/Charger
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

(CAN) AIRCRAFT HAD EXPERIENCED PROBLEMS WITH BATTERY DISCONNECTING INTERMITTENTLY. FIRST TIME WAS CIRCUIT BREAKER POPPED. NEXT TIME FOUND CORROSION ON BATTERY RELAY, REPLACED RELAY. THIS IS A COMMON DEFECT WITH THESE TYPE OF RELAYS. THIRD INSTANCE WAS ON NEXT LEG AFTER BATTERY RELAY WAS REPLACED. CREW EXPERIENCED A BATTERY FAULTY ENUNCIATOR AND BOTH DISCONNECT LIGHTS INDICATED. ONCE ON THE GROUND, THEY WERE UNABLE TO GET EITHER BATTERY ON LINE. MAINTENANCE DISCOVERED THE 4 GAUGE FEEDER WIRES FROM THE RAH BATTERY TO THE SERIES-PARALLEL RELAY CHAFED INSIDE THE WING. THE WIRES WERE PROTECTED WITH FIRE SLEEVE AND HAD CHAFED THROUGH. THERE WAS ASSOCIATED DAMAGE TO THE BLEED AIR LINE THAT THE WIRES RUBBED AGA