Service difficulty report · Wire · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
May 18, 2006
Submitted
May 19, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N160PL
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
49763
Aircraft time
48,012 hours, 33,125 cycles
Part
Wire
Condition
Chafed
Location
Vhf Comm
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
D

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

What was found

AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO PLATFORM AS A CONSEQUENCE OF VHF NR 1 FAILED. DURING MAINTENANCE REVISION, IT WAS DETECTED THAT WHEN CAPTAIN AUDIO BOX WAS USED, THE FIRST OFFICER AUDIO WAS BLOQUED. AIRCRAFT WAS SENT TO THE HANGAR, THE CAPTAIN MICROPHONE JACK WAS CHECKED AND LINE RZ32J24 WAS DETECTED WITH CHAFING. THE LINE WAS REPAIRED AND MICROPHONE WAS REPLACED IAW MM 20-50-00 AND 23-50-02, RESPECTIVELY, TESTED CORRECT.

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