About this episode
This Bonanza had a problem in the landing light wiring circuit. All kinds of weird things were happening when the light was turned on in flight. You can listen to the podcast audio for more details on this squawk.
I removed the induction filter cover and the landing light assembly and inspected the wiring.
It turned out the landing light power and ground wires were chafing against each other… probably over a very long period of time. Take a look at the area of concern in the red circle on the following photo:
At first glance, it wasn’t visually obvious there was a problem.
But after separating the power and ground wires, it became very clear what was happening. As the internal strands of the power and ground wires began to just ba
