Service difficulty report · Wire · Boeing 757222

Difficulty date
December 27, 2005
Submitted
January 4, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N596UA
Make and model
Boeing 757222
Aircraft serial
28749
Aircraft time
30,835 hours, 8,459 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW2037
Part
Wire
Condition
Burned
Location
Instrument Panel
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

FOUND BURNED WIRES BEHIND CONNECTOR D40496 UNDER THE P37 PANEL. FIVE WIRES WERE FOUND DAMAGED WITHIN THE P37 PANEL IN THE VICINITY OF CONNECTOR D40496J ON AIRCRAFT 5596. FOUR WIRES WERE BURNT THROUGH AND ONE WIRE HAD INSULATION DAMAGE PRESENT UPON WIRE BUNDLE INSPECTION.