Service difficulty report · Wire Harness · Airbus A310

Difficulty date
April 23, 2003
Submitted
April 29, 2003
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N429FE
Make and model
Airbus A310
Aircraft serial
364
Aircraft time
42,546 hours, 17,993 cycles
Part
Wire Harness
Condition
Damaged
Location
Right Ecam
Stage of operation
LD
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

ON LANDING STBY PROBE HEAT, PILOTS RIGHT ECAM DISPLAY, PITCH TRIM NR 2, YAW DAMP NR 2, & ATS NR 2 ALL FAILED AT ONCE. ALSO IRU'S WENT TO INDEPENDENT OPS. ENG NR 2 N2 CB POPPED. FACT 25APR03 19:09 RNO U C/W E.A. 6-2400-70271 THE R/H ECAM WIRE WAS CAPPED AND TAPPED AND WILL BE DEFERRED UNDER A SEPARATE WRI. ON INSPECTION OF WIRE BUNDLE, THE DAMAGED AREA WAS NOT IN CONTACT WITH ANY STUCTURE/CHAFFING POINT BUT WAS NEAR TWO VERY TIGHT TYWRAPS. ALSO LOCATED IN A BEND OF THE WIRE BUNDLE. THE DAMAGED WIRES WERE ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE WIRE BUNDLE AND TURN RADIUS.

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