Service difficulty report · Wire Harness

Difficulty date
January 1, 2010
Submitted
March 1, 2010
Operation
General aviation
Engine
Pwa PW305A
Part
Wire Harness
Condition
Open
Location
Eec To Hmu
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
R, 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) IT WAS REPORTED THAT DURING CRUISE AT FL410 , THE ENGINE POWER (N1) FLUCTUATED BETWEEN THE TARGET OF N1 90 PERCENT AND 85 PERCENT DOWN TO 78 PERCENT WITHOUT ANY PILOT INPUTS. N1 FINALLY DROPPED TO 40 PERCENT AND SLOWLY RECOVERED ON ITS OWN WHILE THE PILOTS DESCENDED TO FL350. THE REMAINDER OF THE FLIGHT WAS UNEVENTFUL. REVIEW OF THE FLIGHT DATA DOWNLOAD FOUND AN OPEN CIRCUIT BETWEEN THE P4 (EEC) AND P16 (HMU) ON THE OUTER WIRING HARNESS. MFG RECOMMENDS THE SDR BE CLOSED ON THE BASIS OF THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION.