Service difficulty report · Wire · Doug DC983

Difficulty date
April 13, 2016
Submitted
April 15, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N9620D
Make and model
Doug DC983
Aircraft serial
53591
Aircraft time
53,500 hours, 25,815 cycles
Part
Wire
Condition
Burned
Location
Lavatory
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
A
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

FOUND BURNT WIRES BEHIND LAVATORY MIRROR LIGHT ASSEMBLY. WIRES BURNT & SHORTED ON CORNER OF LIGHT ASSEMBLY. WIRE LAV129A22YE BURNT IN TWO PIECES. SPLICED WIRE LAV129A22YE IAW CHAP 20-10-03. NO DAMAGE FOUND TO OTHER WIRES IN BUNDLE. OPERATIONS CHECKED EPL ON LT AFT LAVATORY. OPERATIONS CHECKED GOOD IAW AMM 33-53-01. LIGHTS, SIGNS & CALL OPERATIONS GOOD IAW AMM 33-23-00. THE ACFT WAS GNDED.

More about the Doug DC-9-83