SDR CAL950406

Service difficulty report · Harness · Doug DC1030

Difficulty date
May 19, 1995
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N12061
Make and model
Doug DC1030
Aircraft serial
47851
Part
Harness
Condition
Burned
Location
Fwd Cargo Compt
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

FLT 57 - LGW - SEVERAL C/B'S POPPED AND BOTH THE NR 1 AND NR 2 GEN'S HAD NO VOLTS AND NO FREQUENCY WHILE EN ROUTE FROM ORY TO EWR. THE CREW WAS UNABLE TO RESTORE EITHER GEN AND THE A/C WAS DIVERTED TO LGW WHERE IT LANDED W/O INCIDENT. ALL TRIPPED C/B'S WERE ASSOCIATED WITH AC BUS NR 1 AND NR 2 AND WOULD NOT RESET. MX FOUND ALL PIN OUT WIRES SHORTED TO GROUND. THE SHORT WAS TRACED TO A BURNT OUT WIRE BUNDLE IN THE FWD CARGO CEILING AREA. THE WIRING WAS REPAIRED IAW STANDARD PRACTICES CHAP 20 OF MM. OPS CHECK OF THE NR 1 AND NR 2 GEN'S AND ALL ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS WAS GOOD. S/D - MX ALSO FOUND A STICKY LIQUID SUBSTANCE ON C/B'S OF LWR MID PNL. THE C/B'S WERE FREED, AND ANY BROKEN IN PROCESS WERE REPLACED.(M)

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