Service difficulty report · Wire · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
June 24, 2007
Submitted
June 29, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N902DE
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
53379
Aircraft time
41,620 hours, 31,300 cycles
Part
Wire
Condition
Chafed
Location
Autothrottles
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

WKG MCO - AUTOTHROTTLES DISCONNECTED. DURING T/S FOUND CHAFED WIRES AT AUTOTHROTTLE SERVO. CUT BACK ALL A/T SERVOMOTOR WIRES PRIOR TO DAMAGED AREA AND REPLACED A/T SERVOMOTOR C/P P10-430. MADE REPAIR TO DAMAGED SYSTEM WIRES PER MM. RTS ON DFGC 1 AND 2 GOOD. PERFORMED TESTS ON ALL AFFECTED SYSTEMS ASSOCIATED WI DAMAGED WIRING ALL A/C SYSTEMS TEST GOOD. A/T CHKS GOOD, CLEARED MCO AND REMOVED PLACARD.

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