Wire Fire Part 1: Piper Cheyenne Fire and Inflight Breakup

Credit: National Transportation Safety Board
When electrical wires are allowed to impinge on aircraft systems and structures, the routine vibrations of flight can gradually abrade the insulation and the wires themselves, resulting in an open path for current to flow where it doesn’t belong. If the adjacent system contains a flammable liquid...

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