Service difficulty report · Wire · Boeing 747123

Difficulty date
August 4, 2000
Submitted
August 7, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N676UP
Make and model
Boeing 747123
Aircraft serial
20101
Part
Wire
Condition
Shorted
Location
Cockpit
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

INSPECTION TYPE:N/A, PASSING FL240 A STRONG ODOR STARTED IN COCKPIT. SMELLED SIMILAR TO A CETONE. ODOR WAS ISOLATED TO THE P7 CIRCUIT BREAKER PANEL. INSPECTED COCKPIT FOR BURNED WIRING, OVERHEAD PANEL OVERHEATING ETC. FOUND P-7, P-12, P-5 OVERHEAD PANELS IN GOOD CONDITION. FOUND L1 WINDOW LOWER LEFT PWR WIRE BURNED. SPLICED IN NEW WIRE, CKS OK. ANC FIRE DEPT INSPECTED, NO CHEMICALS, SMOKE FOUND WITH SNIFFENERS.