Patent ID: 7536284

Claim:
A diagnostic terminal for generating a failure risk assessment relative to an electrical wiring interconnect system (EWIS) of an aircraft, comprising: a data processor configured to generate the failure risk assessment identifying an affect on at least one operational component of the EWIS based upon a failure in a different component of the EWIS; a database interface responsive to the data processor to query records of an EWIS model database and a failure database operably linked thereto, the model database storing at least one predetermined EWIS model, the EWIS model defining a hierarchy of definitions each corresponding to a respective component of the EWIS, the definitions identifying at least an electrical characteristic, the failure database storing indicia relative to the component definitions, including failure tolerances; and a graphical user interface, responsive to the data processor to receive an identification of the failure and to select a level of the hierarchy, or components thereof, for initiating the failure risk assessment relative thereto.