Service difficulty report · Wire · Boeing 737130

Difficulty date
October 7, 1996
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N33202
Make and model
Boeing 737130
Aircraft serial
19019
Engine
Pwa JT8D7A
Part
Wire
Part number
6130036
Condition
Burned
Location
Eng Anti Ice
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
H

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

What was found

SMOKE DEVELOPED FROM BEHIND COCKPIT OVERHEAD PANEL AFTER TURNING ON ENGINE ANTI-ICE WHILE CRUISING AT FL 240 EN ROUTE FROM EWR TO CAE. THE SMOKE CEASED WHEN ANTI-ICE WAS TURNED OFF. THE FLIGHT WAS CONTINUED TO CAE WHERE IT LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER PROBLEMS. MAINTENANCE FOUND BURNT WIRING TO ANTI-ICE MODULE AND AFT OF ANTI-ICE MODULE IN THE COCKPIT OVERHEAD PANEL. THE BURNT WIRING WAS REPLACED. IN ADDITION, THE C146 CIRCUIT BREAKER AND ANTI-ICE VALVE WERE REPLACED. OPERATIONAL CHECKS OF THE SYSTEM WERE GOOD WITH NO OTHER DEFECTS FOUND.