Service difficulty report · Ground Wire · Dhav DHC8311

Difficulty date
October 29, 2011
Submitted
January 23, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Make and model
Dhav DHC8311
Aircraft time
45,799 hours
Engine
Pwa PW123
Part
Ground Wire
Condition
Broken
Location
Fire Bottle
Part time
47,402 hours
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
C
Nature of condition
L
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

(CAN) DURING ROUTINE MX FOR THE FIRE BOTTLE CONTINUITY CHECK, THE GROUND WIRE FOR THE AFT FIRE BOTTLE FRONT SQUIB WAS FOUND BROKEN (WIRE IDENT 20010A20N). THE WIRE WAS REPAIRED IAW STANDARD PRACTICES. WITH THIS WIRE BROKEN (OPEN CIRCUIT) IT WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE TO FIRE THE AFT BOTTLE INTO THE NR2 ENGINE IN THE EVENT OF AN ENGINE FIRE.