SDR AALA20150917002

Service difficulty report · Wire · Doug DC983

Difficulty date: September 16, 2015
Submitted: September 18, 2015
Operation: Air carrier
Aircraft: N566AA
Make and model: Doug DC983
Aircraft serial: 49348
Aircraft time: 87,113 hours, 39,769 cycles
System (JASC): 2497 · Electrical Power System Wiring
Part: Wire
Condition: Burned
Location: Cockpit
Stage of operation: CR
How discovered: O
Nature of condition: B
Precautionary procedure: A

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

What was found

FLIGHT 1010, WHILE AT CRUISE ALTITUDE, EXPERIENCED SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT EMANATING FROM THE THROTTLE QUADRANT. SEVERAL CBS WERE POPPED. DECLARED EMER, DIVERTED & PERFORMED CHECKLISTS. THE FLIGHT LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. ACFT WAS REMOVED FROM SERVICE. REPLACED BURNED WIRING TO CONNECTOR P1-430, CONNECTOR P1-430 & SWITCH S1-4.

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