Service difficulty report · Wire · Snias AS350B2

Difficulty date
November 14, 2011
Submitted
November 29, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N972BH
Make and model
Snias AS350B2
Aircraft serial
2804
Aircraft time
24,074 hours, 33,059 cycles
Engine
Tmeca ARRIEL1D1
Engine time
12,095 hours
Part
Wire
Condition
Shorted
Location
Electrical Sys
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
H, G, J
Precautionary procedure
H, A

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

What was found

ACFT DEPARTED. APPROX 10 MINUTE INTO FLIGHT, PILOT NOTICED SMALL ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS SUCH AS A SCRATCHY INTERCOM AND VOLUME CHANGING. NOTICED RADIO, GPS, VIDEO SCREEN AND AIR CONDITIONING SYS GO OFF LINE. DID NOT NOTICE A GENERATOR LIGHT AT THIS TIME. RETURNING TO BASE NOTICED GENERATOR LIGHT AND TRIED TO RESET IT UNSUCCESSFULLY. ELECTED TO DO A PRECAUITIONARY LANDING WITHOUT INCIDENT. MX REPLACED THE BATTERY, STARTER GENERATOR AND SWAPPED THE K1 AND K2 RELAYS. LANDING AFTER OPS FLIGHT, GENERATOR LIGHT ILLUMINATED AGAIN. AFTER TROUBLESHOOTING THE ENTIRE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT A BAD SPLICE IN THE TERMINAL "A" WIRE WAS SHORTING OUT CAUSING THE GENERATOR TO GO OFF LINE.