Service difficulty report · Wire · Doug MD1030F

Difficulty date
January 18, 2018
Submitted
January 23, 2018
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N315FE
Make and model
Doug MD1030F
Aircraft serial
48313
Aircraft time
62,980 hours, 21,496 cycles
Part
Wire
Condition
Broken
Location
Connector
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

LEVEL 1 BRAKE DIFFERENTAL TEMP AT 30 MINUTES INTO FLIGHT FL380 SAT -56 BRAKE TEMP WHEEL 6 FLUCTUATING RAPIDLY BTWN 330-375. AT 40 MIN INTO FLIGHT LVL 2 BRAKE OVERHEAT ILLUMINATED MAX TEMP 575. COMPLIED W/QRH TEMP SUBSIDED TO APPROX 370 AND FLUCTATED THERE WITH LVL 1 BRAKE DIFF TEMP PERSISTING UNTIL 2:20 INTO FLIGHT. NO. 6 BRAKE TEMP HELD AT 300 ALL OTHER BRAKE TEMPS MATCHED AT -15 DEG THROUGHOUT. FOUND WIRE BROKEN ON THE NR 6 BRAKE TEMP SENSOR CONNECTOR. REPAIRED THE CONNECTOR IAW SWPM 20-31-00. BRAKE INDICATION READS NORMAL.

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