Service difficulty report · Feeder Cable · Boeing 747422

Difficulty date
May 23, 2010
Submitted
May 26, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N175UA
Make and model
Boeing 747422
Aircraft serial
24382
Aircraft time
77,835 hours, 8,833 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW4056
Part
Feeder Cable
Part number
80172424
Condition
Saturated
Location
Emergency Lights
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
9
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

EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHTS INOP. SEAT ROWS 45 THRU 54 LEFT, DOOR 4 LEFT FWD EXIT SIGN, DOOR 4 RIGHT AFT EXIT SIGN, LOWER WALL EMERGENCY LIGHTS ACROSS DOOR 4 LEFT, AND DOOR 4 GALLEY AREA LOWER WALL EMERGENCY LIGHT. THIS IS A REPETITIVE PROBLEM IN THIS SPECIFIC AREA ON AIRCRAFT. FOUND WATER PUDDLING IN GALLEY AREA UNDER GALLEY MAT AT EMERGENCY LIGHT CONNECTOR SHORTING THE LIGHTS. DRIED AREA OF WATER REPLACED POWER CABLE AND REPLACED LIGHT ASSY. EMERGENCY LIGHTS OPS. CK. NORMAL AT THIS TIME.