Service difficulty report · Wire · Amd FALCON900

Difficulty date
June 5, 1995
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N74FS
Make and model
Amd FALCON900
Aircraft serial
085
Part
Wire
Part number
1PP2C
Condition
Shorted
Location
Nr 1 Bat Bus
Part time
1,380 hours
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B, W
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

UPON SHUT DOWN OF ENGINES, CREW EXPERIENCED SMOKE IN CLOSET AFT OF PILOT'S SEAT. SMOKE STOPPED AFTER BATTERIES WERE SHUT OFF. UPON INSPECTION, FOUND THE COMPOSITE BULKHEAD, JUST FORWARD OF M.E.D., WAS BURNED AT ATTACH BRACKET FOR CURTAIN TRACK. AFTER LOWERING HEADLINERS, FOUND ONE OF THE SCREWS SEVERING CURTAIN TRACK CHAFED THROUGH FEEDER CABLE. CURRENT TRAVELED THROUGH THE SCREW, THROUGH CURTAIN TRACK, THROUGH ATTACH BRACKET, AND SHORTED IN THE BULKHEAD. CURTAIN TRACK ATTACH SCREWS WERE TOO LONG. (X)