Service difficulty report · Wire · Doug DC932

Difficulty date
December 7, 1998
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N985AX
Make and model
Doug DC932
Aircraft serial
47522
Engine
Pwa JT8D9A
Part
Wire
Condition
Broken
Location
Nr 2 Engine
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
E

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

What was found

RIGHT ENGINE OIL TEMPERATURE INDICATION EXTREME HIGH END OF SCALE DURING CRUISE FLIGHT. ALL INDICATIONS NORMAL. PERFORMED ENGINE SHUTDOWN. FOUND WIRE E355A18N BROKEN AT GROUND LUG 906. REPAIRED WIRE. ALSO, FOUND FOUR GROUND TERMINAL BRACKETS AND LUG HARDWARE MOUNTED INCORRECTLY. REPLACED ALL FOUR GROUND TERMINAL BRACKETS ON TOP OF ENGINE AND INSTALLED GROUND HARDWARE, ROUTED AND INSTALLED WIRING IAW DC9 OVERHAUL MANUAL 71-00. RAN ENGINE, ALL ENGINE INDICATIONS GOOD.

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