Service difficulty report · Wire · Airbus A330243

Difficulty date
May 16, 2018
Submitted
May 22, 2018
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N282AY
Make and model
Airbus A330243
Aircraft serial
1069
Aircraft time
35,001 hours, 5,283 cycles
Part
Wire
Condition
Chafed
Location
Fire Detector
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
P, B
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

NR 1 ENGINE FIRE LOOP B, FAULTED, COMBINED WITH OIL ODOR THROUGHOUT THE ACFT. EMERGENCY DECLARED LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED. IAW TSM 26-12-00-810-936-A22, ACCOMPLISHED WIRE CHECKS FROM FDU 1 TO THE NR 1 ENG, MANIPULATED WIRING AT ALL LOCATIONS ON THE NR 1 ENGINE, AND AT TB 3801VT1. FOUND A CHAFED WIRE 1Z001R20, THREE INCHES FROM DETECTOR 4012WD. RAN REPLACEMENT WIRE PAIR FROM 3806VC-1 A TO DETECTOR 4012WD IAW AMM 70-71-40-300-801-A AND EA 280694. ACCOMPLISHED A SATISFACTORY OPS TEST AND BITE IAW AMM 26-12-00. REPLACED APU PER J/C 33L31549001. ACCOMPLISHED INITIAL T/S FOR SMOKE ODOR PER J/C 33L00021001. FOUND APU ISOLATORS BAD, REPLACED / PER AMM 49-12-42.

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