Service difficulty report · Wire · Emb EMB120ER

Difficulty date
September 13, 2015
Submitted
September 15, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N257AS
Make and model
Emb EMB120ER
Aircraft serial
120126
Aircraft time
41,628 hours, 42,159 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW118
Part
Wire
Condition
Broken
Stage of operation
CL
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

SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF, THE PILOT OBSERVED THE LT ENG, DUCT LEAK ANNUNCIATOR LIGHT ILLUMINATED & AURAL WARNING SOUNDED. THE PILOT FOLLOWED PROCEDURES IN QRH & PERFORMED PRECAUTIONARY IN FLIGHT SHUT DOWN OF THE LT ENG. PILOT DECIDED TO RETURN & LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. TROUBLESHOOTING FOUND BROKEN WIRE ON LT SIDE FRAME 24 SENSOR & WAS RUBBING ON THE SENSOR. REPAIRED WIRING AT LT SIDE FRAME 24 SENSOR & LT SIDE FRAME 25 SENSOR. PERFORMED GND RUN OF THE LT ENG. ALL ENG INDICATIONS WERE NORMAL.

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