Service difficulty report · Wire · Airbus A320214

Difficulty date
January 13, 2013
Submitted
January 25, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N627VA
Make and model
Airbus A320214
Aircraft serial
2851
Aircraft time
21,087 hours, 6,288 cycles
Engine
Cfmint CFM565B4P
Part
Wire
Condition
Broken
Location
L1 Door
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

ACFT WAS HAVING AN OPS TEST OF THE EMERGENCY LIGHT SYSTEM PERFORMED IAW TASK 33-51-00-710-001-A FOLLOWING THE REMOVAL AND REPLACEMENT OF THE R1 SLIDE. DURING THE OPS TEST, THE R1 DOOR PASSED BUT THE L1 DOOR SLIDE INDICATION FAILED THE TEST. UPON REMOVAL OF THE L1 DOOR SLIDE HINGE COVER FOR TROUBLESHOOTING, A SINGLE WIRE WAS FOUND TO BE BROKEN. THE IDENTIFIED WIRE WAS REPAIRED IAW THE ESPM AND THE L1 DOOR INDICATION FUNCTIONED PROPERTY WITH NO FURTHER ISSUES OR MESSAGES NOTED. THE ACFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE 1/13/2012 AT 1900Z.

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