Service difficulty report · Connector · Pilats PC1245

Difficulty date
February 8, 2013
Submitted
February 11, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N562NA
Make and model
Pilats PC1245
Aircraft serial
174
Aircraft time
10,227 hours, 18,295 cycles
Part
Connector
Part number
9753731331
Condition
Burned
Location
Fuel Qty
Part time
10,227 hours, 18,295 cycles
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

DURING OTHER MX TO CLEAN AN INTERNAL FUEL BAY IT WAS NOTED THAT THERE WAS A BLACK STREAK GOING BOTH UP FROM AND DOWN FROM THE FUEL QUANTITY WIRE HARNESS CONNECTOR INSIDE THE FUEL BAY OF THE LEFT WING. REMOVED THE CONNECTOR FROM THE BULKHEAD AND FOUND THAT THE BACKSHELL WAS FULL OF FUEL. A PRECAUTIONARY CHECK OF THE RT WING HAS DETERMINED THAT THE SAME CONDITION EXISTS IN THAT WING TOO.