Service difficulty report · Wire · Beech 400BEECH

Difficulty date
July 3, 2014
Submitted
July 14, 2014
Operation
General aviation
Filed by
VIBR368K
Stevens Aerospace and Defense Systems, LLC.
Aircraft
N51EB
Make and model
Beech 400BEECH
Aircraft serial
RJ28
Aircraft time
6,964 hours, 6,070 cycles
Part
Wire
Condition
Shorted
Location
Temp Sensor
Stage of operation
CL
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

DURING CLIMB OUT, AIR CONDITIONING SELECTED ON AND A STRONG ODOR OF BURING FILLED THE COCKPIT. ACFT RETURNED AND LANDED SAFELY. DURING INITIAL INSPECTION, A COCKPIT TEMP SENSOR BLOWER POWER WIRE WAS FOUND SHORTED TO A NEARBY SHIELDED WIRE AND THE CIRCUIT BREAKER WAS TRIPPED. WIRE HAD A BARE PORTION NEAR A CONNECTOR AND REPAIRED THE WIRE AND COCKPIT TEMP SENSOR UNIT REPLACED FOR A BURNED OUT MOTOR. ADDITIONALLY, AIR CONDITIONING CIRCUIT BREAKER WAS REPLACED AS A PRECAUTION SINCE IT WAS TRIPPED. ACFT WAS GROUND RUN AND CIRCUIT BREAKER NO LONGER TRIPS, THE AIR CONDTIONING FAIL ANNUNCIATOR LIGHT ILLUMINATED. ACM IS IN THE AFT FUSELAGE AND THE BLEED AIR OVER TEMP SWITCH WAS REPLACED. IT WAS NOT ELECTRICALLY CLOSING UNTIL 516 DEGREES F, AND THE LIMIT IS 400 F. PERFORMED ENGINE RUNS AGAIN AND NO FAILS OCCURRED.