Service difficulty report · Bonding Jumper · Beech C99

Difficulty date
December 5, 2017
Submitted
December 18, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N193SU
Make and model
Beech C99
Aircraft serial
U193
Aircraft time
31,456 hours, 43,920 cycles
Part
Bonding Jumper
Condition
Unsecure
Location
Cockpit
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

TOOK OFF AND WAS ON INITIAL CLIMB, NOTICED A FLASH AND SMELLED AN ODOR. RETURNED TO DEPARTURE AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT AND DISCOVERED THAT A BRAIDED AIRFRAME BONDING GROUND STRAP HAD CHAFED INTO A WIRE GOING TO THE PROPELLER HEAT CONTROLLER. THE CHAFED WIRE WAS REPAIRED AND THE BONDING JUMPER SECURED AWAY FROM ANY OTHER WIRING CIRCUITS, AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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