Service difficulty report · Wire · Doug DC831

Difficulty date
August 20, 2006
Submitted
August 23, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N944AS
Make and model
Doug DC831
Aircraft serial
53019
Aircraft time
50,881 hours, 27,486 cycles
Engine
Pwa JT8D219
Part
Wire
Condition
Shorted
Location
Cabin
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
O

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What was found

DURING TAXI AFTER LANDING CABIN FILLED WITH SMOKE. EMERGENCY EVACUATION WAS EXECUTED VIA EMERGENCY SLIDES. SOURCE OF SMOKE WAS ARCING FROM HEATER WIRE DAMAGED BY TA BRACKET WHICH BECAUSE OF VIBRATION EVENTUALLY CUT THROUGH THE WIRE INSULATION. DAMAGED WIRE WAS REPLACED AND EVENT IS CONSIDERED A ONE TIME OCCURRENCE. CAMPAIGN WAS INITIATED TO INSPECT HEATER BLANKET WIRING ON ALL MD 80 AIRCRAFT.

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