Service difficulty report · Overheat Sensor · Doug DC983

Difficulty date
April 17, 2014
Submitted
April 21, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N565AA
Make and model
Doug DC983
Aircraft serial
49347
Aircraft time
84,503 hours, 38,333 cycles
Part
Overheat Sensor
Condition
Shorted
Location
Ac Bay
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

DFW CREW REPORTED TAIL COMPARTMENT TEMPERATURE HIGH LIGHT ILLUMINATED. EMERGENCY DECLARED FLIGHT RETURNED DFW LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. ACFT REMOVED FROM SERVICE. REPLACED RT OVERHEAT TEMPERATURE SENSOR THAT HAD SHORTED. SYS GND CHECKED NORMAL, OPERATION CLOSED.

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