Service difficulty report · Harness · Cessna 550

Difficulty date
December 16, 1999
Submitted
January 19, 2001
Operation
Air carrier
Make and model
Cessna 550
Aircraft time
3,615 hours
Engine
Pwa JT15D4
Part
Harness
Condition
Cut
Location
Flight Recorder
Part time
3,612 hours, 3,620 cycles
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) FLIGHT DATA RECORDER FAIL LIGHT CAME ON. MAINTENANCE FOUND ONE CORNER OF THE AIR CYCLE MACHINE FLANGING HAD CUT THROUGH THE CHAFING PROTECTION AROUND THE WIRE HARNESS AND HAD PENETRATED THE INSULATIONOF ONE WIRE. THE WIRE WAS R12A22 (THE ANNUNCIATOR CIRCUIT).

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