Service difficulty report · Wire · Beech 1900C

Difficulty date
January 16, 2004
Submitted
March 10, 2004
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N575Z
Make and model
Beech 1900C
Aircraft serial
UC136
Engine
Pwa PT6A65B
Propeller
Hartzl HCB4MP3
Part
Wire
Condition
Shorted
Location
Nav Light
Part time
19,581 hours
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

WHEN PERFORMING BUSS SENSE TEST, LOW VOLTAGE (11V-18V) WAS STILL PRESENT ON CENTER BUSS WITH BUSS TIE RELAYS OPEN. IT WAS DETERMINED SOURCE OF VOLTAGE WAS RT GENERATOR BUSS. WHILE SYSTEMATICALLY OPENING CB POWERED OFF RT GENERATOR BUS, VOLTAGE ON CENTER BUSS DISAPPEARED WHEN THE ELEVATOR TRIM CB WAS PULLED. HOWEVER IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE ELEVATOR TRIM MOTOR WOULD STILL RUN WHEN COMMANDED EVEN WITH ITS CB OPEN IF THE NAV LIGHTS WERE SELECTED ON. THE SHORT BETWEEN THE NAV LIGHT CIRCUIT (CENTER BUSS POWER) AND THE ELEVATOR TRIM CIRCUIT (RT GENERATOR BUS POWER) OCCURRED IN THE AFT PRESSURE BULKHEAD FEED THROUGH CONNECTOR. REPLACED FEED THROUGH FT393 AND PINS 2 AND 5 IN MATING PLUG P394.

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