Service difficulty report · Ground Wire · Boeing 727225

Difficulty date
October 14, 2011
Submitted
October 25, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N467FE
Make and model
Boeing 727225
Aircraft serial
21449
Aircraft time
52,417 hours, 37,190 cycles
Engine
Pwa JT8D9
Engine time
471 hours, 405 cycles
Part
Ground Wire
Condition
Broken
Location
Oil Temp
Part time
52,222 hours, 33,494 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
E

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

What was found

NR3 OIL TEMP INDICATOR BOUNCING AROUND, SUSPECT ERRONEOUS INDICATION. CHECKED GROUND AT SENSOR END FOUND NO GROUND, PUSHED BACK PIN B OF CONNECTOR, THE GROUND WIRE FELL OFF WHEN PIN EXTRACTED. TROUBLESHOT IAW WDM 79-33-01. R & R CONNECTOR D530. RAN NR 3 ENGINE PER JRH. OPS CHECKED GOOD. ACFT OK FOR SERVICE.