Service difficulty report · Connector · Pilats PC1247

Difficulty date
June 16, 2011
Submitted
September 9, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Make and model
Pilats PC1247
Engine
Pwa PT6A67
Propeller
Hartzl HCE4A3D
Part
Connector
Condition
Burned
Location
Windshield Heat
Stage of operation
DE
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
M
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

PRIOR TO LANDING AT HOME BASE, PILOT NOTICED A SMALL BROWN SPOT TO THE RT OF THE OVERHEAD SWITCH PANEL. ALTHOUGH NO BURNING ODOR WAS NOTED, SPOT WAS HOT TO THE TOUCH. LANDED UNEVENTFULLY. REMOVED THE OVERHEAD PANEL. FOUND A CHARRED SPLICE CONNECTOR ON WIRE FOR THE RT WINDSHIELD HEAT. SPLICE CONNECTOR SP128 SHOWS EVIDENCE OF AN IMPROPER CRIMP. N