Service difficulty report · Wire · Beech 100BEECH

Difficulty date
September 29, 2010
Submitted
January 4, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Make and model
Beech 100BEECH
Aircraft time
12,915 hours
Engine
Pwa PT6A28
Propeller
Hartzl HCD4N3C
Part
Wire
Condition
Loose
Location
Cigar Lighter
Component
Resistor · LZ27591
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

AFTER T/O, THE CREW SMELLED SMOKE ODOR AND A FEW SECONDS LATER THEY SAW SMOKE COMING OUT FROM PEDESTAL FOR A FEW SECONDS SO THEY TURN OFF THE ENVIRONMENTAL SYS AND THEY DECIDE TO RETURN TO DEPARTURE. MX FLEW TO INVESTIGATE THE PROBLEM. FOUND OUT, A LOOSE WIRE ON THE RESISTANCE FOR THE CIGAR LIGHTER CIRCUIT WHICH CAUSED THE SMELL AND SMOKE. THE WIRE WAS RESOLDERED, SYS WAS TESTED AND ACFT RETURN TO SERVICE.