SDR 2004000005

Service difficulty report · Connector · Doug DC1030

Difficulty date
May 31, 2004
Submitted
June 14, 2004
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N49082
Make and model
Doug DC1030
Aircraft serial
47927
Aircraft time
77,068 hours, 11,828 cycles
Part
Connector
Condition
Damaged
Location
Brake Sensor
Stage of operation
LD
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B, J
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

DURING LANDING ROLLOUT, F/A NOTED SMOKE BRIEFLY EMITTING FROM VENTILATION SYSTEM OVERHEAD ROW 4 - 7 ON RT. F/E NOTED A HIGH BRAKE TEMP ON NR 5 WHEEL. PASSENGERS WERE CONCURRENTLY RELOCATED TO ZONES B & C. THE APPARENT SMOKE WAS LATER DISCRIBED AS FOGGY HAZE WHICH QUICKLY DISSIPATED. POST FLIGHT, MECHANICS FOUND NR 5 BRAKE TEMPERATURE SENSOR INDICATING ERRONEOUSLY HIGH DUE TO BENT PINS / SHORT CIRCUIT IN AN ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR WITH NO EVIDENCE OF OVERHEATING OR MALFUNCTION OF THE BRAKE SYSTEM. THE PRESUMPTIVE CAUSE OF THE SMOKE WAS CONDENSATION OF WATER VAPOR.

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