Service difficulty report · Microphone · Diamon DA20C1

Difficulty date
April 12, 2011
Submitted
September 14, 2015
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Diamon DA20C1
Aircraft time
196 hours
Part
Microphone
Part number
09168P33
Condition
Burned
Location
Audio Panel
Part time
268 hours
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
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

(CAN) PILOT EXPERIENCED BURNING SMELL AFTER TAKE-OFF AND IN DETERNIMING THE CAUSE OF THE SMELL BURNED HIS LIP ON HIS HEADSET MICROPHONE WHICH HAD BECOME EXTREMELY HOT. DISCONTINUED FLIGHT AND RETURNED TO HOME BASE. TRANSMISSIONS WERE MADE FROM CO-PILOT MIC WHICH CONTINUED TO OPERATE. UPON INSPECTION IT WAS FOUND THAT THE PILOT`S MIC JACK MOUNTING CUT-OUT WAS NOT ENLARGED AT FACTORY ADEQUATELY TO ALLOW FOR CLEARANCE OF MIC JACK TIP TANG. THIS ALLOWED THE MIC TIP TANG TO BE BENT AND TOUCH THE MIC AUDIO TANG WHEN THE PILOT INSERTED HIS MIC PLUG. AUDIO PANEL WAS DAMAGED IN SUCH A MANNER THAT NO TRANSMISSIONS COULD BE MADE FROM THE PILOT POSITION WHICH ALSO AFFECTED TRANSMISSIONS FROM THE HANDHELD MIC.

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