Service difficulty report · Wire · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
November 10, 2015
Submitted
November 11, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N942DL
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
49815
Aircraft time
68,499 hours, 51,232 cycles
Part
Wire
Condition
Loose
Location
Emergency Lights
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

DURING LINE CHECK, MAINTENANCE FOUND THAT THE AFT EMERGENCY EXIT SIGNS WERE INOPERATIVE. MAINTENANCE ALSO FOUND THAT THE EMERGENCY LIGHTS IN ROWS 13-23 OF THE CABIN WERE INOPERATIVE. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE BATTERY PACK AND FUSES FOR THE EXIT SIGNS AND THEN CORRECTED A LOOSE WIRE IN A CONNECTOR, REPAIRED THE CONNECTOR PIN, AND THE SYSTEM RETURNED TO NORMAL OPERATION.

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