Service difficulty report · Wire · Saab 340B

Difficulty date
March 18, 2007
Submitted
January 7, 2008
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N277MJ
Make and model
Saab 340B
Aircraft serial
277
Aircraft time
31,869 hours, 35,355 cycles
Part
Wire
Part number
DG505
Part serial
NSN
Condition
Chafed
Location
Mlg
Stage of operation
TX
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

LANDING GEAR IN-TRANSIT LIGHT ON WHEN ON THE GROUND AND GEAR HANDLE IN DOWN POSITION SHOWING THREE GREEN. INSPECTED IN-TRANSIT CIRCUIT AND FOUND LT MLG DOWNLOCK SWITCH HARNESS WIRE DG505 SLIGHTLY CHAFED INTO GROUND WIRE DG506 AT AN AREA BELOW CONNECTOR SGAJ1. REPAIRED DAMAGED WIRES WITH NEW SLEEVE AND ALL CONNECTORS IAW SAAB 340 20-20-35A. AIRCRAFT WIRING MANUAL. JACKED A/C PERFORMED EXT/RET CHECKS PER 32-30-00 AMM, OPS CHECK NORMAL.

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