Service difficulty report · Wire · Dhav DHC8202

Difficulty date
April 2, 2011
Submitted
April 4, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N358PH
Make and model
Dhav DHC8202
Aircraft serial
506
Aircraft time
28,093 hours, 39,795 cycles
Part
Wire
Condition
Damaged
Location
Emergency Lights
Stage of operation
TO
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

ACFT EMERGENCY LIGHTS FLICKERED ON TAKEOFF ROLL. GROUND MX CREW INSPECTED EMERGENCY LIGHT CONTROL BOX, NO DISCREPANCIES. PS1 THROUGH PS6 BATTERY PACKS WERE R & R. EMERGENCY LIGHT CONTROL BOX AND EMERGENCY BATTERY PACKS CHECKED SATISFACTORY AFTER OPS CHECK. ACFT WAS RELEASED FOR TEST FLIGHT PURPOSES. TEST FLIGHT CHECKED UNSATISFACTORY. GROUND MX CREW THEN CHECKED THE POWER WIRES LEADING FROM THE RT TRU IN WHICH THEY FOUND A LOOSE POWER WIRE. POWER WIRE WAS REPAIRED, PERFORMED OPS CHECK ON THE EMERGENCY LIGHTING SYS AND SYS PERFORMED SATISFACTORY. ACFT WAS RELEASED TO FLIGHT STATUS.