Service difficulty report · Wire Harness · Airbus A310

Difficulty date
August 21, 2003
Submitted
August 22, 2003
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N446FE
Make and model
Airbus A310
Aircraft serial
224
Aircraft time
36,121 hours, 25,629 cycles
Part
Wire Harness
Condition
Fire
Location
Cockpit
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
A
Precautionary procedure
H

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

What was found

EN ROUTE RIGHT SIDE SLIDING WINDOW HEAT POWER CORD CAUGHT FIRE. SWITCH WAS TURNED OFF AND FIRE WAS EXTINGUISHED. LANDED KLCK, INSP HEAT HARNESS WIRE, FOUND BURNED AREA. REMOVED FROM TERMINAL STRIP AND COMPLIED WITH PART 1 OF EA-6-3040-72501. PER MOCC REQUEST, REPLACED WINDOW TEMP CONTROLLER 20DG, PER A310 MM 30-42-11-4. REMOVED AND REPLACED CB'S 4DG, 6DG, AND 8DG REF A310, REF WRI 30-40-6952 FOR REPAIR OF WIRING. COMPLIED WITH EA 6-3040-72501, REMOVAL AND INSTALLATION OF RETRACTABLE WIRING ASSY ON RT SLIDING WINDOW REF A310. OPS CHECK OF RT WINDOW HEAT CHECKS NORMAL REF MM 30-42-00-5.

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