Service difficulty report · Wire · Cvac 340CVAC

Difficulty date
April 10, 2013
Submitted
September 14, 2015
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Cvac 340CVAC
Aircraft time
73,916 hours
Engine
Allsn 501D13D
Propeller
Allsn A6441FN606
Part
Wire
Condition
Chafed
Location
Fire Protection
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
E, A

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

What was found

(CAN) IN THE MIDDLE OF COMPLETING TASKS FOR THE APPROACH, THE AMBER EXTINGUISHER DISCHARGE LIGHT BECAME STEADILY ILLUMINATED. IN THINKING IT WAS A ZONE FIRE LIGHT, ACTIONS WERE TAKEN TO COMPLETE THE ENGINE FIRE AFTER BSEC MEMORY ITEMS. THE ENGINE WAS SHUTDOWN IAW THE QRH AND AN UNEVENTFUL SINGLE ENGINE APPROACH TO CIRCLING AND LANDING WAS MADE. MAINTENANCE INVESTIGATION HAS FOUND THAT THE WIRING TO THE DISCHARGE LIGHT HAD BEEN CHAFED THROUGH AND MOST LIKELY SHORTED TO TURN THE LIGHT ON. WITH FURTHER INVESTIGATION, IT IS BELIEVED THAT THE WIRING WAS CHAFED DURING MULTIPLE RE AND RE`S OF THE PANEL THAT THE LIGHT IS MOUNTED TO. WIRING HAS BEEN REPLACED AND SYS CHECKED SERVICEABLE.