Service difficulty report · Connector · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
June 21, 2015
Submitted
June 22, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N402NV
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
49763
Part
Connector
Condition
Dirty
Location
Ac Bay
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

AFTER TAKEOFF WITH APU RUNNING, TAIL COMPARTMENT TEMP HIGH MASTER CAUTION ILLUMINATED. COMPLIED WITH THE QRH PROCEDURE 21.4 & THE WARNING EXTINGUISHED AFTER TURNING BOTH AC SUPPLY SWITCHES TO HP BLEED, AT 10,000 FT APU WAS SHUT DOWN. FLIGHT CONTINUED AS DIRECTED BY QRH. CHECKED TAIL COMPARTMENT FOR LEAKS, NO MAJOR LEAKS FOUND. CLEANED TAIL COMPARTMENT TEMP SENSOR CONNECTORS, RAN APU FOR 10 MINS, LIGHT REMAINED EXTINGUISHED IAW AMM 36-20-02. OK TO CONTINUE.

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