Service difficulty report · Wire · Lear 45LEAR

Difficulty date
May 21, 2018
Submitted
June 20, 2018
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N87SK
Make and model
Lear 45LEAR
Aircraft serial
317
Aircraft time
2,972 hours, 2,207 cycles
Part
Wire
Condition
Chafed
Location
Cargo Light
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

THE FLIGHT CREW DISCOVERED THAT THE AFT CARGO LIGHT WAS INOPERATIVE. MAINTENANCE DISCOVERED WHILE TROUBLESHOOTING THE LIGHTING SYSTEM, THAT THE LIGHT WIRING WAS IN CONTACT WITH THE APU INLET HOUSING, THIS CONDITION LED TO THE WIRES CHAFING THROUGH. THE WIRING FOR THE LIGHT WAS REPAIRED AND PROTECTED FROM FURTHER DAMAGE.