SDR 0041005

Service difficulty report · Wire · Boeing 727100

Difficulty date
October 5, 2004
Submitted
December 16, 2004
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N727VJ
Make and model
Boeing 727100
Aircraft serial
19318
Aircraft time
37,020 hours, 35,852 cycles
Part
Wire
Condition
Shorted
Location
Drain Heater
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

AFTER TAKEOFF AT 1000 FT, A BURNING ODOR NOTED, NO OBVIOUS PROBLEM WITH GEN LOADS, APPROX 3000 FT VISIBLE SMOKE EMINATING BEHIND FE TABLE. NO CB'S POPPED, NO VISIBLE SYS TROUBLE. TROUBLE CEASED & SMOKE CLEARED. ENGINEER DETERMINED ALL SYSTEMS OPERATIONAL. AS IT WAS A DAY TIME FLIGHT AND VMC EXISTED WE ELECTED TO CONTINUE FOR OUR SCHEDULED MX. UPON IVESTIGATION DRAIN MAST "AIR" CB DID NOT POP, WIRING FROM CB TO DRAIN MAST BURNED EXPOSING BARE WIRES. TROUBLE TRACED TO FWD DRAIN MAST, FOUND LOOSE INSIDE MAST FAIRING. MAST HEATER WIRE SHORTED TO MAST STRUCTURE. RUN OF WIRE REPLACED, CB'S REPLACED (AIR & GRD) EXERCISED ALL CB'S IN COCKPIT, REPLACED FORWARD DRAIN MAST, MLG ACCESSORY BOX REPLACED DUE TO DAMAGED WIRES.

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