Service difficulty report · Wire · Boeing 757251

Difficulty date
April 30, 2009
Submitted
May 1, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N537US
Make and model
Boeing 757251
Aircraft serial
26484
Aircraft time
44,156 hours, 15,751 cycles
Part
Wire
Condition
Cut
Location
Emergency Light
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
C
Nature of condition
L
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

DURING AN OVERNIGHT LINE CHECK THE FLOOR LEVEL EMERGENCY EXIT SIGN IN FRONT OF LAVATORY K (LEFT AFT) WOULD NOT ILLUMINATE. MAINTENANCE FOUND A CUT WIRE LEADING TO THE SIGN, THE WIRE WAS REPAIRED AND THE EMERGENCY EXIT SIGN OPERATED NORMALLY AFTER THE WIRE WAS REPAIRED.