Service difficulty report · Ground Wire · Cessna 650

Difficulty date
September 29, 2016
Submitted
October 5, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N87SF
Make and model
Cessna 650
Aircraft serial
6507089
Aircraft time
7,083 hours, 5,896 cycles
Part
Ground Wire
Part number
UNKNOWN
Condition
Detached
Location
Zone 400
Part time
7,283 hours, 5,896 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
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

APPROXIMATELY 1 HOUR INTO FLIGHT BOTH LT ITT INDICATORS AGAIN BEGAN TO FLUCTUATE WITH NO ENGINE COMPUTER ANNUNCIATION. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED ON TO SCHEDULED DESTINATION WHERE AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING WAS MADE. THIS WAS 4 LANDINGS AND APPROXIMATELY 6 HOURS SINCE THE PREVIOUS ITT ISSUE WHERE THE INDICATOR WAS REPLACED. TROUBLESHOOTING REVEALED A GROUND WIRE HAD BECOME DETACHED FROM THE WIRE SHIELDING AT THE ITT CONNECTOR IN THE L/H ENGINE PYLON. THE CONNECTOR WAS INSPECTED AND CLEANED AND THE GROUND WIRE REATTACHED. GROUND OPERATIONAL CHECK OF THE ITT SYSTEM WAS OK. THE AIRCRAFT HAS SINCE FLOWN 13 HOURS WITHOUT THIS FAILURE. IT IS BELIEVED THE LOSS OF SHIELDING GROUND ALLOWED ELECTROMAGNETIC OR STATIC INTERFERENCE TO BE INDUCED INTO THE WIRE HARNESS AFFECTING THE SIGNAL GOING TO THE INDICATOR.

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