Service difficulty report · Wire Harness · Aerosp ATR42300

Difficulty date
May 10, 2008
Submitted
July 29, 2008
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N914FX
Make and model
Aerosp ATR42300
Aircraft serial
293
Engine
Pwa PW120
Part
Wire Harness
Condition
Shorted
Location
Nlg
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
P
Precautionary procedure
D

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

What was found

RETURN TO BLOCKS, FLIGHT 7826 GPI TO GTF: AFTER TAXIING TO THE RUNWAY AND COMPLETION OF THE TAXI CHECKLIST ITEMS. THE CREW NOTICED A RAPID INCREASE IN TAT TEMP (TURBINE AIR TEMP) AND THE AFCS (AUTOMATIC FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEM) SHOWED "DADC (DIGITAL AIR DATA COMPUTER) INVALID." BOTH ENGINE TORQUE BUGS INDICATED 20% AND WERE ERRONEOUS. AFTER A SYSTEM RE-BOOT FAILED TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM, A DECISION TO RETURN TO BLOCKS FOR MAINTENANCE WAS MADE. TROUBLESHOOTING IS STILL ONGOING, CORRECTIVE ACTION TO FOLLOW. FOUND NLG WIRE HARNESS CONNECTOR RECEPTACLE AT 5044 VC INTERNALLY SHORTED TO GROUND. REPLACED NLG WIRE HARNESS CONNECTOR RECEPTACLE 5004 VC. (S)

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