Service difficulty report · Wire · Lear 45LEAR

Difficulty date
July 13, 2009
Submitted
October 23, 2009
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Lear 45LEAR
Aircraft time
373 hours, 323 cycles
Engine
Garrtt TFE7312
Part
Wire
Condition
Burned
Location
Landing Light
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

(CAN) DURING POST-FLIGHT CHECK, NOTICED LT LANDING LIGHT WAS INOPERATIVE. FURTHER TROUBLESHOOTING FOUND BURNED WIRE, RAA0238-14, APPROX 12 INCHES AFT OF LT AFT DISTRIBUTION PANEL, A FEW INCHES FWD OF SPLICE SP302 WHERE ONE WIRE GOES FROM GAUGE 14 TO TWO 20 GAUGE WIRES APPR. THIS WIRE WAS BURNED INSIDE ITS SHARP BENT. TYE-WRAP HAD BEEN INSTALLED TIGHTLY, CLOSED TO BEND RADIUS. CLOSED TO THIS BURNED WIRE RAA0238-14, 2 OTHER WIRES HAD THEIR INSULATION PARTIALLY MELTED, WIRE RBA0060B-14 BY SPLICE SP 631 AND WIRE L-RAA5384A-16 BY SPLICE SP5174. SP302 IS FOR THE LT LANDING LIGHT SP631 IS FOR THE LT PWR RECOGNITION LIGHT SP5174 IS FOR THE LOGO LIGHT ALL 3 WIRES WERE CUT AND RE-SPLICED, ELIMINATING THE BURNED AREAS.