Service difficulty report · Aoa · Pilats PC1245

Difficulty date
June 2, 2016
Submitted
June 4, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N695PC
Make and model
Pilats PC1245
Aircraft serial
305
Aircraft time
6,897 hours, 5,636 cycles
Engine
Pwa PT6A67B
Part
Aoa
Part number
0012AC12
Part serial
0518
Condition
Burned
Location
Zone 600
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

AOA DEICE, CAWS MESSAGE IN FLIGHT. DETERMINED RT AOA PLATE NOT HEATING. UPON REMOVAL OF RT AOA TRANSMITTER, FOUND WIRING HARNESS GOING TO THE AOA PLATE HEATING ELEMENT TO BE CHARRED WITH WIRES EXPOSED WHERE HARNESS ENTERS AOA PLATE, EVIDENCE OF SMOKE AND/OR FLAME. NO EVIDENCE OF THE WIRING HARNESS CHAFING AGAINST THE WING OPENING. TIE RAPS SECURING HARNESS TO AOA TRANSMITTER WERE INTACT.