Service difficulty report · Wire · Boeing 757222

Difficulty date
October 31, 2005
Submitted
November 8, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N540UA
Make and model
Boeing 757222
Aircraft serial
25252
Aircraft time
47,351 hours, 17,382 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW2037
Part
Wire
Condition
Burned
Location
Water System
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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What was found

FOUND C/B'S FOR WATER HEATERS & DRAIN MAST POPPED. FOUND BURNED WIRES. WIRES BURNED THRU AT STA 1681 , WL 208 DUE TO CHAFE THRU BY HOSE BAND CLAMP FROM IMPROPERLY ROUTED WIRES AND VENT HOSES WHICH LED TO ARCING AND BURN-THRU OF WIRES. BOEING NOTIFIED, AND NO PREVIOUS OCCURANCES WERE NOTED. STRICTLY DUE TO IMPROPER ROUTING OF VENT HOSES AND WIRING BUNDLE WITH IMPROPER STAND-OFFS, AS VERIFIED IN IPC 38-31-56-004, FIG G. 3 OTHER AIRCRAFT INSPECTED FOR PROPER ROUTING, AND WERE IN ACCORDANCE WITH IPC.