Service difficulty report · Wire · Airbus A310222

Difficulty date
April 4, 2011
Submitted
April 11, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N416FE
Make and model
Airbus A310222
Aircraft serial
288
Aircraft time
44,293 hours, 22,469 cycles
Part
Wire
Condition
Burned
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

RAMP REPORTED AFT CARGO PDU INOP. LATCH SWITCHES CONTINUITY CHECK GOOD. MASTER POWER SWITCH CONTINUITY CHECK GOOD. GROUND FROM MASTER POWER SWITCH THROUGH SILL LATCHES CHECKED GOOD. NO VOLTAGE AT MASTER POWER SWITCH. NO C/B'S TRIPPED. REF AWM 25-52-04 FOUND LOW VOLTAGE (7.6 VDC) AT CONNECTOR C GOING INTO 10MY2 CONTROL UNIT, HAD LOW FOUND WIRES (QF10) 2451-264,2451-265 & 2451-266 BURNED THROUGH, 15 INCHES FWD OF STATION 152 STA 3035 AND JUST FWD OF SPLICES 800VS & 636VS. ALSO FOUND WIRES 2459-5003 & 2454-0028 BURNED THROUGH AT SAME LOCATION (THESE ARE POWER FOR COMPARTMENT LIGHTS) THERE IS ENOUGH SPARE WIRE TO REMOVE SPLICE 800VS & 6036VS AND RE-SPLICE WITHOUT ADDING NEW WIRE. R & R SPLICES ON WIRES DESCRIBED IN PREVIOUS TEXT AT 800VS AND 6036VC IAW ESPM 20-43-11. AFT CARGO PIT LIGHTS OPS CK NORMAL AND AFT PIT PDU'S. OPS CK NORMAL IAW MM 25-52-00-05-0. FINAL CLOSED.

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