Service difficulty report · Wire · Boeing 757225

Difficulty date
December 11, 1996
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N603AU
Make and model
Boeing 757225
Aircraft serial
22198
Part
Wire
Part number
11426513
Condition
Burned
Location
Row 25 Left
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
A
Precautionary procedure
A, B, F

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

What was found

HUF - FL 158 - AFTER TAKEOFF FROM PHX. FLT ATTENDANT NOTED SLIGHT ODOR (THOUGHT TO BE FROM AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM). CAPTAIN INVESTIGATED AND COULD NOT CONFIRM. SUBSEQUENTLY, FLIGHT ATTENDANT NOTED SMOKE AND SPARKS COMING FROM VENT BETWEEN ROWS 26 AND 30. THE VENTS WERE CLOSED AND HALON DISCHARGED INTO THE VENT. CAPTAIN DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND INITIATED AND EMERGENCY DESCENT. FLIGHT DIVERTED TO HUF AND LANDED WITH NO FURTHER INCIDENT. MX FOUND THE AUDIO WALL DISCONNECT CABLE PINCHED NEAR SEAT 25A. THE CIRCUIT BREAKER FOR THE SYSTEM HAD OPENED. THE CABLE WAS REPLACED. USAIR ENGINEERING ISSUED A FLEET CAMPAIGN TO CHECK ALL SIMILAR WIRING ON THE 757 FLEET. (M)