Service difficulty report · Wire Harness · Doug MD11F

Difficulty date
May 25, 2015
Submitted
June 1, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N624FE
Make and model
Doug MD11F
Aircraft serial
48443
Aircraft time
958 hours, 18,576 cycles
Part
Wire Harness
Part number
HAD20459
Part serial
742020
Condition
Shorted
Location
Nr 2 Engine
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
E, J
Precautionary procedure
E, F

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

What was found

DURING APPROACH TO RUNWAY 20R, SEVERE AIRFRAME VIBRATION ENSUED WHEN FLAPS 50 DEG WAS SELECTED. FLAPS 35 DEG WAS THEN SELECTED & VIBRATION CONTINUED. ENG 2 EGT HI ALERT ILLUMINATED. ENG 2 WAS SHUT DOWN & SECURED PRIOR TO LANDING WITH FIRE HANDLE & FIRE AGENT WAS DISCHARGED AS A PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE. DECLARED EMER PRIOR TO LANDING. EMER CREWS INSPECTED ACFT CLEAR OF RUNWAY FOR INDICATIONS OF FIRE & FOUND NONE. TAXIED ACFT TO GATE WITHOUT INCIDENT. QRH PROCEDURES COMPLETED, AFTER ACFT SECURED ON TAXIWAY & INSPECTED BY EMER CREW. ENG BORESCOPE PERFORMED, NO DEFECT FOUND. DURING EGT INDICATION SYS, TROUBLESHOOTING FOUND HARNESS THERMOCOUPLER RT UPPER LOOP A SHORT TO GND. R & R HARNESS ASSEMBLY IAW AMM 73-21-07-4. CARRIED VIBRATION SURVEY ON NR 2 ENG IAW AMM 71-02-08-5-2 IAW TSI 77-31/1814 STEPS 2 FOUND SATIS ACFT OK FOR SERVICE.

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