Service difficulty report · Socket · Beech 1900C

Difficulty date
December 15, 2002
Submitted
March 4, 2003
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N381CR
Make and model
Beech 1900C
Aircraft serial
UB69
Part
Socket
Condition
Damaged
Location
Indicator Fuse
Stage of operation
TO
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
S
Precautionary procedure
C

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

What was found

ON 12/15/02 DURING TAKEOFF ROLL OUT OF VGT, BOTH TORQUE GAUGES BEGAN SPINNING. CREW ABORTED TAKEOFF, TAXIED BACK TO RAMP. AID OF CREW, MAINT HAD ENG RUN UP TO POWER AND NOTED: ALL INDICATIONS WERE NORMAL. A/C WAS GROUNDED AND TROUBLESHOOTING OF TORQUE INDICATING SYS LEAD TO FINDING BROKEN FUSE HOLDER FOR POWER SUPPLY, WIRE FOR BOTH TORQUE INDICATORS. FUSE HOLDER HAD SNAPPED AT LOCKING TABS AND WAS NO LONGER COMPRESSING FUSE WITHIN THE FUSE HOLDER. FUSE HOLDER WAS TIE-WRAPPED TO A WIRE HARNESS IN A VERTICAL POSITION, THIS ALLOWED CAP OF FUSE HOLDER TO REST ON FUSE AND MAKE CONTACT UNTIL VIBRATIONS DURING TAKEOFF CAUSED CAP TO VIBRATE AND LOOSE CONTACT. THE FUSE HOLDER WAS REPLACED NO FURTHER PROBLEMS.

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