Service difficulty report · Wire · Dhav DHC8103

Difficulty date
September 22, 2012
Submitted
September 28, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N886EA
Make and model
Dhav DHC8103
Aircraft serial
215
Aircraft time
33,172 hours, 37,872 cycles
Part
Wire
Condition
Chafed
Location
Nr 1 Spoiler
Part time
33,172 hours, 37,872 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

NR 1 SPOILER FLIGHT CONTROL PUSH-OFF LIGHT ILLUMINATED IN FLIGHT, NO ROLL CONTROL ISSUES. FOUND LEFT SPOILER DISCONNECT WIRE CHAFED AT LEFT 5 WING STA YW 232.0 APPROX. REPAIRED WIRE WITH ENVIROMENTAL SPLICE IAW STANDARD PROCEDURES, OPS CHECKS GOOD ON GROUND.