Service difficulty report · Wire · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
October 24, 2015
Submitted
October 26, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N974DL
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
53242
Aircraft time
64,383 hours, 47,462 cycles
Part
Wire
Condition
Corroded
Location
Emergency Lights
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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What was found

DURING LINE CHECK, MAINTENANCE FOUND THAT THE EMERGENCY LIGHTING FOR THE CATWALK IN THE TAIL COMPARTMENT WAS INOPERATIVE. MAINTENANCE FOUND WIRES TO BE CORRODED AT TERMINAL NR 5. THE CORROSION WAS CLEANED AND THE SYSTEM RETURNED TO NORMAL.

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