Service difficulty report · Ground Wire · Agusta A119

Difficulty date
December 26, 2016
Submitted
December 27, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N603CF
Make and model
Agusta A119
Aircraft serial
14041
Aircraft time
7,692 hours, 20,736 cycles
Part
Ground Wire
Condition
Disconnected
Location
Cabin
Stage of operation
AA
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

THE CELESTIAL ILLUMINATION WAS DIMINISHING AND THE CREW ASKED FOR THE CABIN LIGHTING. TURNING ON THE LIGHTING, THE REAR CABIN LIGHTING DIMMED, FLICKERED, AND BRIGHTENED BEFORE GOING OUT. THE CABIN LIGHTING SWITCH RESET TO OFF. REPORT OF SMOKE AND FUMES IN THE CABIN. PREPARED FOR A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING. SMOKE DISSIPATED. THE ODOR REMAINED, THE ODOR WAS DISSIPATING. REMAINED IN FLIGHT, WHILE REMAINING AT A LOWER ALTITUDE AND TO DIVERTED. LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. A MECHANIC TROUBLESHOT THE ISSUE. DETERMINED THAT A GROUND WIRE HAD BECOME DISCONNECTED FROM THE MEDICAL O2 INDICATOR, IN THE LT OVERHEAD PANEL. THE GROUND WIRE THAT WAS DISLODGED FROM THE DIGITAL DISPLAY, HAD TOUCHED ANOTHER GROUNDING POINT CONTACTING IT SEVERAL TIMES, THUS BURNING THE INSULATION AND INTERNAL WIRE. THE WIRE WAS REPLACED AND RECONNECTED IAW AMM WITH NO FURTHER DEFECTS NOTED.

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