Service difficulty report · Wire · Boeing 747238B

Difficulty date
September 20, 1998
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N14024
Make and model
Boeing 747238B
Aircraft serial
20534
Part
Wire
Condition
Failed
Location
R-1 Window
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

ELECTRICAL ARCING IN R-1 WINDOW CAUSED A SMALL AMOUNT OF SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT DURING CLIMBOUT OF GUM. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO GUM WHERE IT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE FOUND POWER WIRE TO R-1 WINDOW BROKEN AND BURNT. THE WIRE WAS REMOVED AND WIRING WAS RESPLICED. AN OPERATIONAL CHECK OF R-1 WINDOW WAS GOOD.