Service difficulty report · Wire Harness · Aerosp ATR42320

Difficulty date
September 26, 2012
Submitted
September 28, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N901FX
Make and model
Aerosp ATR42320
Aircraft serial
172
Aircraft time
30,713 hours, 33,541 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW121
Engine time
21,854 hours, 29,126 cycles
Part
Wire Harness
Condition
Chafed
Location
Engine
Stage of operation
UK
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
S
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

UPON ARRIVAL, CREW REPORTED ACW GENERATION FAULT EN ROUTE FROM FSD TO RAP. ACW GENERATOR COULD NOT BE RESET. MAINTENANCE TROUBLESHOT DISCREPANCY AND DISCOVERED CHAFING OF THE ACW WIRE HARNESS RESULTING IN ARCING AGAINST THE ENGINE BOSS FOR THE ENGINE NH SENSOR. THE ARCING ERODED THE METAL OF THE ENGINE BOSS. DAMAGE REQUIRES THE REMOVAL AND REPLACEMENT OF THE ENGINE. THE ENGINE AND SENSOR WERE EVALUATED. THE ACW WIRING BUNDLE HAS BEEN REPLACED. AIRCRAFT WAS EVALUATED TO DETERMINE IT WAS SAFE FOR FERRY FLIGHT. AIRCRAFT FERRIED TO GEG WHERE ENGINE WILL BE REPLACED.

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