Service difficulty report · Cable · Doug DC1040F

Difficulty date
March 22, 2007
Submitted
March 28, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N140WE
Make and model
Doug DC1040F
Aircraft serial
46920
Aircraft time
61,945 hours, 45,617 cycles
Part
Cable
Part number
1402302
Part serial
571631
Condition
Broken
Location
Thrust Reverser
Stage of operation
TO
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
C

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

What was found

ON TAKEOFF ROLL, NR 2 ENGINE REVERSER UNLOCK LIGHT CAME ON. ABORTED TAKEOFF AS SOON AS THROTTLES WERE ADVANCED. DEACTIVATED NR 2 ENGINE THRUST REVERSER AS PER MEL 78-1 (DDG) AFTER DEACTIVATION COMPLETED; CHECKED AT BLAST FENCE, VERIFIED SYSTEM AND FOUND NORMAL IN ACCORDANCE WITH M/M 71-00-00. NO LIGHT CAME ON AND M/M 78-00-00. THIS NR 2 REVERSER ENTERED ON DMI NR 20629 AS PER MEL 78-1 CATEGORY "C" (NOTE: LOCK OUT AND DEACTIVATED IN ACCORDANCE WITH DDG 78-1); REMOVED FLEX SHAFT RT ASSEMBLY AND REPLACED IN ACCORDANCE WITH M/M 78-32-07 CHECKED CABLES, FOUND PRIMARY CABLE BROKEN. REMOVED AND REPLACED CABLE ASSEMBLY, PERFORMED RIG CHECK PER M/M 78-31-16, PERFORMED TAKEOFF M/M 78-31-16, PERFORMED TAKEOFF RUN UP

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