Service difficulty report · Wire · Doug DC862F

Difficulty date
October 26, 2009
Submitted
November 6, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N799AL
Make and model
Doug DC862F
Aircraft serial
45922
Aircraft time
83,634 hours, 25,530 cycles
Engine
Pwa JT3D*
Part
Wire
Condition
Burned
Location
Zone 400
Part time
83,634 hours, 25,530 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
G, B, J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

DURING CLIMB OUT FROM TAPA NR 4 ENG EPR INOP, NR 4 GENERATOR CAUSED A MOMENTARY LOSS OF ALL POWER THEN LOCKED OUT-SHORTLY AFTER ZOLTS AND FREQUENCY WENT TO ZERO, AND NR 4 ENG BEGAN TO SPARK EVERY 25 SECONDS THE CREW SHUTDOWN NR 4 ENG. THEY RETURNED TO TAPA WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE REPLACED EPR RATIO TRANSMITTER, RT IGNITER PLUG. DURING ENGINE RUN NUMBER FOUR EXPERIENCED OTHER MALFUNCTION. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED NUMBER FOUR ENGINE AND FOUND PYLON WIRING WAS BURNED. NR 4 ENGINE PYLON WIRING DEFERRED TO MCC IAW ATI MM 13.04, GMM 3.117. MAINTENANCE IN MCC REPLACED PYLON ELECTRICAL WIRING. OPERATIONAL CHECK GOOD IAW WD 23-4-3, 24-2-1, 24-2-4, 24-2-8, 24-3-6, 24-37, 24-3-8, 24-3-9, 26-1-1, 28-4-1, 28-5-

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