Service difficulty report · Wire · Beech 300BEECH

Difficulty date
December 25, 2007
Submitted
February 15, 2008
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Beech 300BEECH
Aircraft time
8,156 hours
Engine
Pwa PT6A60A
Propeller
Hartzl HCB4MP3
Part
Wire
Condition
Chafed
Location
Dc Generator
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
D

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

What was found

(CAN) MAINT HAD TROUBLESHOT A GENERATOR PROBLEM. THE GENERATOR WOULD GO OFF LINE OCCASIONALLY. REPLACED PC CARD, REPLACED THE GENERATOR. THE PROBLEM WAS GONE FOR 3 WEEKS. IT RETURNED, MAINT REPLACED THE PC CARD, WITH A HARD FAULT. TESTED SERVICEABLE. NEXT MORNING ON TAXI THE GENERATOR FAILED AGAIN. DISCOVERED A WIRE FROM THE PC CARD TO THE GENERATOR BUS TIE RELAY CHAFED IN THE NACELLE. THE BUNDLE WAS PROPERLY SECURED AND PROTECTED, HOWEVER, THE ONE WIRE WAS ON THE EDGE OF THE BUNDLE AND CHAFED ON A RIVET HEAD. REROUTED THE BUNDLE, SPLICED THE WIRE AND RETURNED THE AC TO SERVICE. (TC NR 20080122011)