Service difficulty report · Ground Wire · Doug MD83

Difficulty date
December 11, 2014
Submitted
December 12, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N831US
Make and model
Doug MD83
Aircraft serial
49791
Aircraft time
52,317 hours, 29,855 cycles
Part
Ground Wire
Condition
Loose
Location
Ac Bay
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
M, B
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

SMOKE AFT CABIN AREA & TEMP HOT. UPON TAKEOFF CREW NOTICED AN ODD SMELL. UNSURE IF THEY SMELLED DE-ICING FLUID OR NOT. TEMP IN BOTH CABIN & SUPERNUMERARY AREA STARTED TO NOTICEABLY INCREASE. SHORTLY AFTER PHYSICALLY SAW SMOKE IN SUPERNUMERARY AREA. DECLARED AN EMER & RETURNED. COMPLETED RED BORDER COM & NORMAL CHECKLIST. LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. REMOVED LT AIR COND PACK TEMP CONTROL VLV IAW MD80 AMM 21-61-01. RE-INSTALLED SAME TEMP CONTROL VLV WHICH OPERATES & LEAK CHECKED GOOD IAW AMM 21-61-01. REMOVED, INSPECTED & RE-INSTALLED LT & RT WATER SEPARATORS. OPERATIONS & LEAK CHECKED GOOD IAW AMM 21-20-02. PERFORMED OPERATIONAL CHECK OF RT TEMP CONTROL IAW AMM21-60-00. OPERATIONS CHECK WAS GOOD, NO DEFECTS NOTED. R & R LT TEMP SENSOR, RATE OF CHANGE HI LIMIT SENSOR. AIR COND SYS OPERATIONS CHECKED GOOD IAW AMM 21-60-00 BUT SYS DOES NOT AUTO SHUTDOWN. FOUND GND WIRE LOOSE FOR LT THERMAL SWITCH FOR AUTO SHUTDOWN. TIGHTENED GND WIRE CONNECTION. AUTO SHUTDOWN SYS OPERATIONS CHECKED GOOD IAW AMM 21-31-04. ACFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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