Service difficulty report · Wire · Dhav DHC8102

Difficulty date
March 23, 2003
Submitted
March 26, 2003
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N829EX
Make and model
Dhav DHC8102
Aircraft serial
146
Aircraft time
31,474 hours, 35,422 cycles
Part
Wire
Condition
Damaged
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

MAINTENANCE DISCOVERED FIRST FOUR EMERGENCY AISLE FLOOR PATH LIGHTS TO BE INOPERATIVE. AN INTERIM REPAIR WAS PERFORMED TO LIGHTING SYSTEM. SECOND AND FOURTH LIGHTS WERE STILL INOPERATIVE. MEL 33-13 WAS ISSUED, AND AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE. AT NEXT MAINTENANCE VISIT WIRING UNDER FLOOR WAS REPAIRED AND ALL EMERGENCY LIGHT BATTERIES WERE REPLACED. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.