What was found
F/A FORWARD HOLD HANDSET SPARKED AND CAUGHT FIRE AT HANDSET CONNECTOR. FOUND WIRING ON HANDSET SHORTED NEAR HANDSET. REPLACED HANDSET. CKS OK.
- Difficulty date
- March 30, 2008
- Submitted
- April 3, 2008
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N972DL
- Make and model
- Doug MD88
- Aircraft serial
- 53215
- Aircraft time
- 46,853 hours, 35,360 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 2340 · Interphone/Passenger Announcement (PA) System
- Part
- Handset
- Condition
- Fire
- Location
- Cabin
- Stage of operation
- TX
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- A
- Precautionary procedure
- O
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.