Service difficulty report · Wire · Bombdr DHC8400

Difficulty date
May 21, 2013
Submitted
September 14, 2015
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Bombdr DHC8400
Aircraft time
4,277 hours
Engine
Pwc PW150A
Propeller
Rotol CR4086123F17
Part
Wire
Condition
Chafed
Location
Connector
Part time
5,092 hours
Component
Connector
Component part number
3CGADDSC4008S
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
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) THE FLIGHT CREW REPORTED THAT THE PTU HYD POWER CB, L8 ON RT ESS BUS, POPPED. WHEN RESET BY MAINTENANCE THE CB POPPED AGAIN IMMEDIATELY. TROUBLESHOOTING FOUND THE POWER WIRE TO PIN A OF CONNECTOR PLUG 2921-P23 AT THE PTU SOLENOID VALVE WAS CHAFED TO THE BACKSHELL OF THE CONNECTOR PLUG AND WAS SHORTED TO GROUND. THE WIRE WAS REPAIRED AND THE ACFT RETURNED TO SERVICE. THE CAUSE OF THE CHAFING APPEARS TO BE THAT THE WIRE WAS GIVEN TOO WIDE A BEND RADIUS AT INSTALLATION.