SDR ABXA060275

Service difficulty report · Wire · Doug DC932

Difficulty date
September 29, 2006
Submitted
October 3, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N986AX
Make and model
Doug DC932
Aircraft serial
47543
Aircraft time
54,026 hours, 50,580 cycles
Part
Wire
Condition
Burned
Location
Windshield Heat
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

DURING FLIGHT AN ARID ODOR WAS NOTICED IN THE GLARESHIELD AREA SIMILAR TO HOT PLASTIC OR HOT ELECTRICAL INSULATION. CENTER WINDSHIELD WAS TOO HOT TO TOUCH SO CENTER WINDSHIELD ANTI-ICE CIRCUIT BREAKER WAS PULLED. ODOR CEASED AND THEN RETURNED WITH CENTER WINDSHIELD STILL HOT TO THE TOUCH. FOUND WIRE H578B16 BURNED AT S1-193. SPLICED IN NEW WIRE. RAN WINDSHIELD HEAT, NO OVERHEATING OCCURRED.

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