Reading a 2023 FAA report on wire chafing in regional jets was a real eye-opener

It said over 60% of inspected aircraft had some level of undocumented harness wear, mostly in the wheel wells. I found it buried in a safety bulletin update from last quarter, and it makes our standard visual checks seem pretty weak. How are you guys actually tracking and documenting wire condition beyond the basic sign-offs?

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stella2223d ago

Yeah, that "undocumented harness wear" is the scary part. We started using a borescope camera for wheel wells and logging close-up photos right in the work order.

wendy_henderson2123d ago

Oh man, that's smart, @stella22. A buddy of mine had a harness just... let go on the highway last year. The shop had signed off on it a month before, but there was zero record of the fraying.

zara_sanchez23d ago

Ugh, it's like that with everything now. You can't just trust a check mark on a form, you need the photo proof. My building's fire alarm inspection last month was just a guy with a tablet taking pictures of every pull station.