Service difficulty report · Wire · Urocop EC135P1

Difficulty date
March 13, 2012
Submitted
March 19, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N135SJ
Make and model
Urocop EC135P1
Aircraft serial
0054
Aircraft time
6,036 hours, 20,429 cycles
Part
Wire
Condition
Shorted
Location
C/B Panel
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J, H
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

ON FINAL APPROACH, PILOT NOTICED THE NR 2 INVERTER LIGHT AS WELL AS THE P/R SAS AND GYRO LIGHTS WERE ALL ILLUMINATED ON THE CDS. A SHORTED WIRE WAS FOUND IN THE OVERHEAD CIRCUIT BREAKER PANEL. THE WIRE WAS REPAIRED, AND THE INVERTER WAS R & R. THE ACFT A MX CHECK FLIGHT. NO DEFECTS NOTED AND THE ACFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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