Service difficulty report · Water Heater · Doug DC982

Difficulty date
September 23, 2006
Submitted
September 27, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N501AM
Make and model
Doug DC982
Aircraft serial
49188
Aircraft time
62,713 hours, 46,655 cycles
Part
Water Heater
Part number
60224
Part serial
0925E2202
Condition
Shorted
Location
Fwd Galley
Part time
9,814 hours, 6,198 cycles
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
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, SMOKE ODOR IN FORWARD GALLEY. CAPTAIN SHUTDOWN ENGINES AND DURING MAINTENANCE CHECK A PIECE OF LOCKWIRE WAS DETECTED IN THE WATER HEATER CIRCUIT BREAKERS, CAUSING A SHORT CIRCUIT. GALLEY, COFFEE MAKERS AND OVENS CIRCUIT BREAKERS AREA WERE CHECKED, BEING ALL CORRECT. THE GALLEY WATER HEATER WAS DEFERRED BY MEL 25-12 AND DURING OVERNIGHT CHECK, THE WATER HEATER WAS REPLACED IAW MM 25-30-00, TESTED CORRECT AND DEFERRED REPORT WAS CLOSED.

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