SDR AALA990461

Service difficulty report · Wire · Doug DC982

Difficulty date
March 31, 1999
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N77421
Make and model
Doug DC982
Aircraft serial
49333
Part
Wire
Condition
Chafed
Location
Fuselage
Stage of operation
CL
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

STL - FLT 2257 - NEAR TOP OF CLIMB, CREW HEARD A LOUD POP AND SAW A FLASH OF LIGHT FROM THE EPC CIRCUIT BREAKER PANEL. NO BREAKERS WERE TRIPPED. MINUTES LATER ANOTHER POP AND FLASH CAME FROM THE EPC CIRCUIT BREAKER PANEL. AN ACRID SMELL OF BURNING INSULATION WAS NOTED AT FL 30. FLIGHT LANDED STL AND CREW PERFORMED EMERGENCY FIRE/ELECTRICAL CHECKLIST WITH NO SMOKE OR FIRE DETECTED. MAINTENANCE TROUBLESHOT AND FOUND PASSENGER POWER PORT FEEDER CABLE CHAFFED AT COCKPIT DOOR SOLENOID. SYSTEM WAS DEACTIVATED PER ECO. GROUND RAN BOTH ENGINES AND OPERATED PACKS WITH BUSSES LOADED AND NO ABNORMAL SMELL NOTED. AIRCRAFT OPERATED TO DFW AND OVERNIGHTED. MAINTENANCE REPAIRED DAMAGED POWER PORT FEEDER CABLE. REROU

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