Service difficulty report · Wire · Emb EMB145LR

Difficulty date
October 13, 2008
Submitted
October 16, 2008
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N265SK
Make and model
Emb EMB145LR
Aircraft serial
145226
Aircraft time
22,056 hours, 17,481 cycles
Engine
Allsn AE3007A
Engine time
16,329 hours, 14,134 cycles
Part
Wire
Condition
Broken
Location
Cabin
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

FLIGHT 5808, STL TO CLE. THE FLOOR EMERGENCY LIGHT STRIP BETWEEN ROWS 1 AND 2 FAILED TO ILLUMINATE DURING TEST. MAINTENANCE FOUND THE WIRING ATTACHING THE FLOOR STRIP WAS BROKEN. THE LIGHT STRIP WAS REPLACED. AFTER THE LIGHT STRIP WAS REPLACED, IT WAS FOUND THAT THE NR 2 INVERTER WAS ALSO INOP. THE INVERTER WAS REPLACED AND THE EMERGENCY LIGHTS FUNCTIONED NORMALLY.

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