Service difficulty report · Wire · Hughes 369E

Difficulty date
April 23, 2014
Submitted
April 25, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N808JH
Make and model
Hughes 369E
Aircraft serial
0577E
Aircraft time
8,110 hours, 3,852 cycles
Engine
Allsn 250C20
Engine time
18,513 hours, 3,852 cycles
Part
Wire
Condition
Shorted
Location
Engine
Part time
8,110 hours, 3,852 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

PILOT REPORTED AN ENGINE CHIP LIGHT. THE CHIP LIGHT WAS EXTINGUISHED WHEN CHIP PLUGS WERE REMOVED AND CLEANED. DURING OPS CHECKS THE LIGHT CAME BACK ON. MAINTENANCE ULTIMATELY DISCOVERED A SHORTING WIRE IN THE LOWER ENGINE CHIP DETECTOR CONNECTOR. THE BAD PORTION OF WIRE WAS REMOVED AND BOTH UPPER AND LOWER CHIP DETECTOR CONNECTORS WERE REPLACED.

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