Service difficulty report · Wire · Boeing 757222

Difficulty date
July 16, 2009
Submitted
July 17, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N516UA
Make and model
Boeing 757222
Aircraft serial
24860
Aircraft time
62,246 hours, 23,259 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW2037
Part
Wire
Condition
Burned
Location
E&E Bay
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
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

FOUND 8 BURNT WIRES IN BUNDLE ABOVE E4-1, MARKED WIRE BUNDLE WITH TAPE, BURNT WIRE ARE ABOUT 2 INCHES INBOARD OF TAPE. THE SUSPECT ROOT CAUSE FOR THE WIRE DAMAGE WAS THAT THE WIRES BUNDLES WERE NOT TIED DOWN. SECURED PROPERLY. AS SUCH THE TWO WIRE BUNDLES THAT RUN PERPENDICULARLY TO EACH OTHER CAME IN CONTACT AGAINST EACH OTHER AND BECAME WORN. WIRE BUNDLES WERE REPAIRED PROPERLY AND SECURED CORRECTLY.