Service difficulty report · Wire Harness · Amd FALCON900

Difficulty date
April 17, 2015
Submitted
April 21, 2015
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N610RL
Make and model
Amd FALCON900
Aircraft serial
68
Aircraft time
9,949 hours, 3,909 cycles
Part
Wire Harness
Condition
Chafed
Location
Galley
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

SMOKE WAS VISIBLE IN FLIGHT, FROM BEHIND THE FORWARD GALLEY. CREW REMOVED "GALLEY POWER" AND DISCHARGED A FIRE EXTINGUISHER AND SMOKE STOPPED. ACFT LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. WIRE BUNDLE AND A DAMAGED OXYGEN SOFT LINE IN SIDEWALL NEAR GALLEY SHOWED SMOKE AND BURNED REMNANTS BEHIND PLENUM DUCTING. 28VDC AND GROUND WIRES FOR CABIN OVERHEAD LIGHTING AND OXYGEN LINE BURNED. THE WIRES WERE ROUTED OVER THE INSULATION BAGS AND NOT DIRECTLY NEXT TO ACFT STRUCTURE. NO STRUCTURE CONCERNS WERE EVIDENT. LOCAL DAMAGE TO 7 TOTAL WIRES, CHAFED TO EACH OTHER BUT NOT THE METAL AIRCRAFT STRUCTURE. FOUND ASSOCIATED CIRCUIT BREAKER IN COCKPIT POPPED, 28VDC BUS A1 "FWD CABIN CEILING A". SPLICED IN APPROPRIATE REPLACEMENT WIRE 12" IN EACH DIRECTION. REMOVED OXYGEN SOFT LINE AND REPLACED WITH NEW PN 37009-5-240. PERFORMED SATISFACTORY TESTS OF GALLEY COMPONENTS INCLUDING CABIN LIGHTING SWITCHES, COFFEE POT, MICROWAVE OVEN, AND LIGHTING. SUSPECT CHAFING OF WIRES AND OXYGEN SOFT LINE BEHIND PLENUM DUCTING OR POSSIBLY A PINCHED WIRE IN SAME AREA.