Service difficulty report · Wire · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
March 22, 2013
Submitted
March 25, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N973DL
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
53241
Aircraft time
59,179 hours, 43,796 cycles
Part
Wire
Condition
Broken
Location
Emergency Lights
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

DURING AN OVERNIGHT MX CHECK, THE EMERGENCY EXIT ROW LIGHT AT ROW 24 WAS FOUND TO BE INOPERATIVE. FOUND A WIRE BROKEN AND PIN PUSHED BACK IN CONNECTOR. THE CONNECTOR WAS REPINNED AND AN APPROVED WIRE SPLICE WAS ACCOMPLISHED. OPERATION CHECKED NORMAL.

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