What was found
IN CRUISE FWD F/A PANEL HANDSET CORD BECAME VERY HOT, SMOKED AND MELTED. PULLED C/B'S A10 AND A8 IAW MX CORD COOLED. FOUND FWD F/A HANDSET CORD SHORTED. REPLACED HANDSET. OPS NORMAL.
- Difficulty date
- August 31, 2009
- Submitted
- September 3, 2009
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N901DA
- Make and model
- Doug MD9030
- Aircraft serial
- 53381
- Aircraft time
- 39,784 hours, 22,321 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 2340 · Interphone/Passenger Announcement (PA) System
- Part
- Handset
- Part number
- 6861000000
- Part serial
- 0173
- Condition
- Shorted
- Location
- Fa Panel
- Stage of operation
- CR
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- B
- Precautionary procedure
- H
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.