Service difficulty report · Splice · Boeing 737275

Difficulty date
July 23, 2000
Submitted
January 19, 2001
Operation
Air carrier
Make and model
Boeing 737275
Aircraft time
70,347 hours, 73,316 cycles
Engine
Pwa JT8D9A
Part
Splice
Condition
Overheated
Location
Nr Engine Gen
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

(CAN) SEVERAL RPTS OF REJECTED TAKEOFFS, DUE TO NR 1 GEN DROPPING OFF LINE & LEADING EDGE DEVICES INTRANSIT LIGHT ILLUMINATING. INSP FOUND, NR 1 ENGINE GEN AL TO CU SPLICE OVERHEATED. SPLICE LOCATED AT WING STATION WBL 157, ABOVE ENGINE ELECT. DISCONNECTS IN DRY BAY AREA. OVERHEATED SPLICE DAMAGED ADJACENT WIRING FOR #3 SLAT MID EXTEND SENSOR. DAMAGED SENSOR WIRING ALLOWED 115 VOLTS AC TO BE APPLIED TO 26 VOLT AC LEADING EDGE CCTS, WHICH DAMAGED SENSOR&FLAP S LAT MODULE. REPL 3 GEN FEEDER CABLE SPLICES AS PER MM 20-30-13. WIRING FOR LEADING EDGE SENSOR REPL&REPD. #3 SLAT MID EXTEND SENSOR REPL AS PER MM 27-88-11. M229 FLAP SLAT MODULE REPL. OFF CANADIAN PART # 7-2780-9-0026, SERIAL NUMBER 0484 ON SERIAL NUMBER