Service difficulty report · Wire · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
May 3, 2016
Submitted
May 4, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N918DL
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
49583
Aircraft time
71,283 hours, 54,808 cycles
Part
Wire
Condition
Shorted
Location
Emergency Lights
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

THE FLIGHT CREW FOUND THAT THE EMERGENCY LIGHTING BETWEEN ROWS 32 AND 36 WERE INOPERATIVE. THE TAIL COMPARTMENT EMERGENCY LIGHTS WERE FOUND INOPERATIVE. MAINTENANCE FOUND THE TAILCONE INTERIOR HANDLE LIGHT SHORTED AND REPAIRED THE WIRES. THE EMERGENCY LIGHTS CHECKED OK.

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