Service difficulty report · Wire · Boeing 747422

Difficulty date
May 3, 2002
Submitted
May 14, 2002
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N182UA
Make and model
Boeing 747422
Aircraft serial
25279
Aircraft time
48,837 hours, 6,001 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW4056
Part
Wire
Condition
Chafed
Location
Overheat Sys
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
J, A

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

What was found

CREW REPORTS RIGHT BLEED DUCT LEAK, FOLLOWED FLIGHT MANUAL ISLN PROCEDURE AND INDIC REMAINED INTERMITTENT. NR 4 DUCT PRESS WAS 14 PSI WITH VALVE DESELECTED. AFTER CREW REPORTED A (POSSIBLE) RIGHT BLEED DUCT LEAK ON CLIMB WITH MESSAGE EVERY MINUTE AT FL250 AIRCRAFT, AKLMM FOUND NO DUCT LEAK BUT RESISTANCE CHECKS FROM THERMAL SWITCH (S890) TO STA 631 IDENTIFIED A SHORT IN INDICATION WIRING. CHAFED INSULATION ON WIRES (W642) UNDER P-CLAMP, MIDWAY FROM THERMAL SWITCH (S890) AND CONNECTOR D4644J ON WING WAS REPAIRED. ALL WIRE STRANDS WERE FOUND WITHOUT DAMAGE.