Service difficulty report · Element · Cessna 550

Difficulty date
January 31, 2011
Submitted
February 11, 2011
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N550WS
Make and model
Cessna 550
Aircraft serial
5500845
Aircraft time
4,460 hours, 3,482 cycles
Part
Element
Condition
Shorted
Location
Eng Anti Ice Sys
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

INVESTIGATED REPORTED ENGINE ANTI-ICE SYS FAIL INDICATION. FOUND (1) HEATING ELEMENT OPEN IN RT INBD WING L/E ANTI-ICE PANEL. ALSO NOTED FAULT IN RT WING L/E ANTI-ICE JUNCTION BOX CURRENT SENSOR CS10. FURTHER TROUBLESHOOTING REVEALED THE WIRING TERMINALS, ATTACHING HARDWARE, AND ADJACENT WIRING FOR THE RT INBD WING ANTI-ICE SEVERELY CORRODED AND DAMAGED AT THE AIRFRAME GROUND POINTS GND076 AND GT006. REQUIRED REPAIR/REPLACEMENT OF THE AIRFRAME GROUND POINTS AND WIRING, REPLACEMENT OF THE CS10 CURRENT SENSOR, AND REPLACEMENT OF THE RT INBD WING L/E PANEL. DUE TO FINDINGS INSPECTED THE LT WING INBD ANTI-ICE WIRING AIRFRAME GROUND CONNECTIONS GND75 AND GND79 AND FOUND CORRODED ALSO, TO A LESSER EXTENT. REPLACED THE WIRING TERMINALS AND ATTACHING HARDWARE AS REQUIRED AT GND75 AND GND79 LT WING L/E ANTI-ICE WIRING GROUNDING CONNECTIONS. INTEGRATED ENGINE ANTI-ICE/INBD WING ANTI-ICE SYS CHECKS SATISFACTORY FOLLOWING REPAIRS. THE PHASE 5 3-YEAR/1200 HR. INSP GUIDE ITEM A531003 REQUIRES A GENERAL INSP OF TAILCONE WIRING IAW THE MM TASK CODE 53-20-04-210. THE AREAS INVOLVED ARE NOT EASILY ACCESSIBLE FOR INSPECTIONS OR REPAIRS. RECOMMEND MFG INVESTIGATE IF AN ISOLATED OCCURRENCE OR WHETHER AN ADDITIONAL SPECIFIC INSP GUIDE ITEM FOR THE INBD L/E ANTI-ICE WIRING NEEDS TO BE ADDED TO THE PHASE 5 INSP GUIDE OR INSPECTED MORE FREQUENTLY.

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