Service difficulty report · Wire Harness · Doug DC982

Difficulty date
January 28, 2003
Submitted
January 29, 2003
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N958U
Make and model
Doug DC982
Aircraft serial
49703
Aircraft time
45,013 hours, 23,354 cycles
Part
Wire Harness
Condition
Burned
Location
Apu Generator
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
D

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

What was found

FLIGHT RETURNED FROM TAXI REPORTING AN ELECTRICAL ODOR. FOUND APU GENERATOR FEEDER CABLE WITH A TERMINAL BURNED AT S3-23. THE CABLE WAS TAPED, APU DEACTIVATED, AND AIRCRAFT OPERATED DIRECTLY TO A MAJOR BASE FOR REPLACEMENT OF THE CABLE.

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