Service difficulty report · Wire · Doug DC987

Difficulty date
September 1, 2006
Submitted
September 12, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N205AM
Make and model
Doug DC987
Aircraft serial
49405
Aircraft time
45,955 hours, 30,225 cycles
Part
Wire
Condition
Shorted
Stage of operation
LD
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B, H
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

CAPTAIN REPORTED THAT DURING LANDING WERE DETECTED SPARKS AND SMOKE, FROM THE ACCESS DOOR SYSTEM BOX ELECTRICAL WIRING (SIMULTANEOUSLY, THE CABIN OF PRESSURE ALARM CAME ON IN THE PASSENGERS CABIN). DURING TRANSIT CHECK, COCKPIT SECURITY DOOR LATCH AND OXYGEN MASK EJECT SWITCH WERE DETECTED BURNED. WIRING WAS PROVISIONALLY REPAIRED, THE COCKPIT SECURITY DOOR LATCH WAS TESTED IAW WDM 52-52-00 AND THE PASSENGER OXYGEN MASKS TEST WAS PERFORMED IAW MM 5-00-00, ALL CORRECT. DURING TRANSIT CHECK, PERMANENT REPAIR WAS PERFORMED TO THE OXYGEN SYSTEM WIRING IAW SWPM 20-50-01 AND WDM 35-24-01, 23-51-01 AND 33-14-0, TESTED CORRECT.

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