Service difficulty report · Wire · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
June 25, 2017
Submitted
June 26, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N984DL
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
53311
Aircraft time
67,676 hours, 48,509 cycles
Part
Wire
Condition
Damaged
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

ACFT DIVERTED, DURING CLIMB OUT, PASSING THROUGH 26K, A STRONG ACRID ODOR BECAME APPARENT IN THE COCKPIT. FLIGHT ATTENDANTS REPORTED SAME ODOR IN CABIN. BEGAN DESCENT DIVERSION. AFTER APPROXIMATELY 1-1.5 MINUTES BOTH OIL TEMP HIGH LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THROTTLES WERE AT IDLE. PERFORMED QRH PROCEDURES AND LIGHTS EXTINGUISHED AND ODOR DISSIPATED. UNEVENTFUL LANDING. MAINTENANCE PERFORMED WC2120-2367 AND 2120-2368, FOUND CHAFED & BARE WIRE P70A10 FOR BUSS OUT, EMERGENCY LIGHT DC & AC TO CIRCUIT BREAKER C19 AND C21 WITH BROKEN STRANDS AND BURN MARKS. THE WIRE WAS REPLACED IAW WSPM 20-20-10. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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