Service difficulty report · Wire Harness · Boeing 777222

Difficulty date
January 1, 2005
Submitted
January 11, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N771UA
Make and model
Boeing 777222
Aircraft serial
26932
Aircraft time
36,030 hours, 7,237 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW4077
Part
Wire Harness
Condition
Arced
Location
Oven
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

OVEN DOES NOT HEAT ENOUGH. FOUND CB POPPED. WHEN RESET CB, A VERY, VERY SERIOUS ARC OCCURRED BEHIND OVEN. LATER FOUND CHARRED WIRES BEHIND OVEN. EXAMINATION OF ANOTHER AIRCRAFT REVEALED EXTREMELY TIGHT CLAMPING OF R53 HARNESS USING TIE-WRAP ON SELF-STICK STANDOFF. IT IS NOW BELIEVED THAT THIS METHOD OF CLAMPING INDUCES CHAFING AND SUBSEQUENT CONTACT BETWEEN CONDUCTORS AND SHORT CIRCUITING. GALLEY MANUFACTURER STATES THEY DO NOT USE TIEWRAP/STICKON AS A MEANS OF WIRE SUPPORT. EG3924 ISSUED TO AFFECTED AIRCRAFT TO CHECK HARNESSES AND REMOVE TIEWRAP/STICK-ON IF INSTALLED. NO OTHER ANOMALIES REPORTED. ALERT BULLETIN "TRIPPED CIRCUIT BREAKERS - RESETTING" ISSUED 1/24/05. NO FURTHER ACTION REQUIRED.