SDR 20010104AP003

Service difficulty report · Wire · Boeing 727227

Difficulty date: February 16, 2000
Submitted: November 16, 2000
Operation: Air carrier
Aircraft: N773AT
Make and model: Boeing 727227
Aircraft serial: 22004
System (JASC): 5242 · Electrical/Electronic Compartment Doors
Part: Wire
Condition: Broken
Location: E/E Bay Door
Stage of operation: CL
How discovered: O
Nature of condition: N
Precautionary procedure: A

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

What was found

FLT 8017 - ORD - AIRCRAFT HAD A PRESSURIZATION PROBLEM SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF. THE PIC RETURNED THE A/C TO THE AIRPORT WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. THE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC (E/E) COMPARTMENT DOOR WAS FOUND UNLATCHED. FURTHER INVESTIGATION ALSO REVEALED THAT THE WIRE TO THE DOOR SWITCH WAS FOUND BROKEN, RENDERING THE WARNING SYSTEM INOPERATIVE. THE WIRE WAS SPLICED AND THE DOOR SECURED. (M)