Service difficulty report · Wire · Boeing 74746NF

Difficulty date
February 10, 2014
Submitted
February 10, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N451PA
Make and model
Boeing 74746NF
Aircraft serial
30809
Aircraft time
56,805 hours, 9,446 cycles
Part
Wire
Condition
Burned
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

RUDDER RATIO STATUS MESSAGE AND RUDDER RATIO SINGLE ADVISORY MESSAGE APPEARED DURING TRANSIT CHECK. CIRCUIT BREAKER FOR THE RUDDER RATIO CHANGER CONTROL WAS FOUND TO BE TRIPPED AND WOULD NOT RESET. FURTHER INVESTIGATION FOUND WIRES AND POSTS IN THE WIRE INTEGRATION UNIT (WIU) WERE FOUND BURNED.

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