Service difficulty report · Wire · Doug DC931

Difficulty date
July 16, 1999
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N943AX
Make and model
Doug DC931
Aircraft serial
47528
Part
Wire
Condition
Shorted
Location
Lt Cockpit
Component
Doug
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
C
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

SHORTLY AFTER ADJUSTING THE CAPTAIN'S MAP LIGHT RHEOSTAT, THE MAP AND BRIEFCASE CIRCUIT BREAKER OPENED. THERE WAS A STRONG SMELL OF BURNING WIRE FOR A FEW SECONDS AFTER THE CIRCUIT BREAKER OPENED. REPOSITIONED SHORTED WIRE TO THE MAP LIGHT HOUSING.

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