Service difficulty report · Wire Harness · Boeing 737247

Difficulty date
December 20, 2003
Submitted
December 29, 2003
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N243WA
Make and model
Boeing 737247
Aircraft serial
23517
Aircraft time
48,511 hours, 34,986 cycles
Engine
Pwa JT8D15A
Engine time
50,735 hours, 38,360 cycles
Part
Wire Harness
Condition
Shorted
Location
Nr 1 Engine
Stage of operation
LD
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
H
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

ON APPROACH, THE LEFT GEN TRIPPED. RT BUS ATTEMPTED TO PICK UP AND TRIPPED ALSO. DOWN TO STBY POWER. CREW DECLARED EMERGENCY. FOUND LT GENERATOR CABLE SHORTED. REPLACED GENERATOR FEEDER HARNESS.