FAA's Reported Wire Incidents - September 2008


Author: Lectromec
Published: 11-07-2008

FAA's Reported Wire Incidents –September 2008

 

Author: Lectromec GSD Team

November 6, 2008

 

The following are the wire incidents reported in the FAA’s September 2008 Advisory Circular 43-16A – Alert Number 362 [Original Document Here] http://www.faa.gov/aircraft/safety/alerts/aviation_maintenance/media/2008/2008_09_Alert.pdf

Incident #1

FAA Control Number: MWE2008F00032

Aircraft Make: DOUG

Aircraft Model: DC981

Part Name: Wire

Part Condition: Broken

Difficultly Date: 8/19/2008

Part Location: Emergency Light

Emergency floor level lights inoperative from row 9 to 20. Repaired broken wire in center.  Section of light track. (k)

 

Incident #2

FAA Control Number: 2008FA0000561

Aircraft Make: PIPER

Aircraft Model: PA44180

Part Name: Wire

Part Condition: Broken

Difficultly Date: 05/13/2008

Part Location: Alternator

Internal failure due to broken wires internally, heavy sparking inside engine compartment.

 


Welcome to WireFacts

The goal of the WireFacts.com website is to provide a common repository for wire specification information, wire failure modes and test methods, as well as wire industry related news and related materials.

This website is designed to be a community forum to gather information and answer questions from those who handle wire. Your comments and feedback are important to us and can be important to help those in search of information.

To find out more about providing information to be used in this website, follow this link for the details.

Recent Articles


Click here for more articles.

Ads