# SDR 9JLA201806205549

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: May 21, 2018
- Submitted: June 20, 2018
- Operation: Air carrier
- Aircraft: [N87SK](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N87SK), registered now
- Make and model: Lear 45LEAR
- Aircraft serial: 317
- Aircraft time: 2,972 hours, 2,207 cycles
- System (JASC): [3397 · Light System Wiring](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/3397)
- Part: Wire
- Condition: Chafed
- Location: Cargo Light
- Stage of operation: NR
- How discovered: 9
- Nature of condition: O
- Precautionary procedure: O
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/9JLA201806205549

## Discrepancy

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.

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