SDR Y2PA03013

Service difficulty report · Wire · Amd FALCOND

Difficulty date
April 22, 2003
Submitted
September 2, 2003
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N821AA
Make and model
Amd FALCOND
Aircraft serial
203
Part
Wire
Condition
Loose
Location
Windshield
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

DURING CRUISE AT FL350, ENCOUNTERED INTERMITTENT SMOKE IN COCKPIT. CREW DECIDED TO DIVERT. DURING DESCENT SMOKE BECAME MORE CONSTANT. DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND LANDED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AT NEAREST SUITABLE AIRPORT (SBN). A USA MECH WAS DISPATCHED TO T/S THE PROBLEM. USAA MX FOUND A LOOSE WIRE AT THE WINDSHIELD HEAT TERMINAL BLOCK. THE WIRE TERMINAL WAS TIGHTENED AND THE WINDSHIELD HEAT OPS CHK GOOD PER THE FALCON MM 30-40-1. NO FURTHER DEFECTS WERE NOTED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE. THE ENGINES ON THIS AIRCRAFT WERE RUN AND THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS FULLY POWERED UP WITH NO INDICATION OF ANY SMOKE TO DETERMINE THE PROBLEM HAD BEEN RECTIFIFIED. (M)