Service difficulty report · Wire · Dhav DHC8102

Difficulty date
April 29, 2001
Submitted
May 3, 2001
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N806EX
Make and model
Dhav DHC8102
Aircraft serial
263
Aircraft time
25,413 hours, 28,492 cycles
Part
Wire
Condition
Grounded
Location
Cockpit
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

ALB-FLT 3589 EMERGENCY LIGHTS ILLUMINATED IN FLIGHT IN ARMED POSITION. MAINTENANCE CHECKED ALL WIRING FROM CIRCUIT BREAKER TO OVERHEAD CEILING ROW 1. INSPECTED WIRES AT SHUNT CANNON PLUG IN NOSE AREA AND NR 1 AND NR 2 TRANSFORMER RECTIFIER UNITS. REPLACED MATRIX BLOCKS 4 AND 5 ON 9811-TB14. EMERGENCY LIGHT CONTROL BOX REPLACED. EMERGENCY LIGHT BATTERIES IN POSITIONS 400, 500, AND 600 REPLACED. FOUND TERMINATED WIRE 7A22 SHORTING TO GROUND AT COCKPIT EMERGENCY LIGHT BOX. WIRE REPAIRED. OPERATIONAL CHECK GOOD. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.