JASC 3340
Service difficulty reports · 1,507
Reports filed under 3340 · Exterior Lighting, newest first.
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duckdb -csv -c "SELECT sdr_id, difficulty_date, n_number, aircraft_make, aircraft_model, part_name, part_condition, jasc_code, discrepancy FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/faa_service_difficulty_report.parquet' WHERE jasc_code = '3340' ORDER BY difficulty_date DESC"
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SELECT sdr_id, difficulty_date, n_number, aircraft_make, aircraft_model, part_name, part_condition, jasc_code, discrepancy FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/faa_service_difficulty_report.parquet' WHERE jasc_code = '3340' ORDER BY difficulty_date DESC
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SDR AALA201709129027Landing Light · faultyLANDING LIGHT CIRCUIT BREAKER TRIPPED IN FLIGHT AND HAD A BRIEF ELECTRICAL ODOR. REMOVED AND REPLACED LT LANDING LIGHT ASSY IAW AMM.SDR VNAA2017090701101Switch · faultyAFTER LANDING, CREW REPORTED SMOKE FROM AROUND THE STANDBY COMPASS AND THE FO WAS SHOCKED BY THE OVERHEAD PANEL. REMOVED AND REPLACED NOSE LANDING LIGHT SWITCH IAW CMM 33-41-07-OPS CHECKS GOOD AT THIS TIME.SDR SIMA20170824001Lamp · crackedNR 1 LANDING LIGHT CRACKED. R & R THE LANDING LIGHT LAMP IAW AMM 33-41-02. OPS CHECKED OK.SDR FDEA201708162242Light · inoperativeDURING PREFLIGHT, FOUND BOTH GREEN POSITION LIGHTS INOPERATIVE. FOUND CONNECTOR D07086 BROKEN ON TRANSFORMER. THE CONNECTOR WAS REPLACED IAW SWPM 20-60-06, NO HELP. THE TRANSFORMER T10044 WAS REPLACED IAW AMM 33-43-03. LIGHT STILL NOT WORKING. REPLACED THSDR FDEA201708112177Light · missingPOST-FLT CK, LT FUSELAGE LANDING LIGHT MISSING FROM THE A/C WITH ASSOCIATED C/B TRIPPED.SDR FDEA201708112180Light · missingDURING A POST FLIGHT CHECK, THE LT FUSELAGE LANDING LIGHT MISSING FROM THE ACFT. WITH AN ASSOCIATED CIRCUIT BREAKER TRIPPED.SDR 6CBA2017072717170Lens · missingDURING MAINTENANCE, THE TAIL BEACON LENS WAS FOUND MISSING. REMOVED THE BEACON, INSTALLED BEACON LIGHT IAW EO AS-EO-0117-10_REV B.03, AND AMM 33-40-00. OPS CHECKED GOOD.SDR 6CBA2017072717169Lens · missingDURING INSPECTION THE TAIL BEACON LENS WAS FOUND MISSING. REMOVED BEACON ASSEMBLY AND INSTALLED A NEW ONE IAW 33-40-00 AND ENGINEERING ORDER NT-EO-0717-07_REV IR, OPS CHECKED NORMAL.SDR 2017FA0000187Control Box · failedDURING POST FLIGHT, DISCOVERED RIGHT LANDING LIGHT ILLUMINATED WITH THE SWITCH IN THE OFF POSITION. REPLACED THE LANDING LIGHT PULSE CONTROL BOXSDR QMLA2017050517047Landing Light · odorON APPROACH, THE FLIGHT CREW SMELLED A LIGHT ODOR OF BURNING PLASTIC. ONCE ON THE GROUND, THE MECHANIC FOUND THE RETRACTABLE LANDING LIGHT TO BE THE SOURCE. THE SYSTEM WAS DEACTIVATED AND DEFERRED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS THEN RETURNED TO SERVICE WITH NO OTHER DEFECTSDR 3EJA201704060001Relay · defectivePILOT REPORTED WHEN USING REC/TAXI AND LANDING LIGHTS, STRONG ODOR IS NOTICED. PILOT ALSO REPORTED THE LEFT BELLY LIGHT AND LEFT WING LANDING/TAXI LIGHTS INOP. UPON INSPECTING THE SYSTEM, MULTIPLE BURNED WIRES WERE FOUND ON THE REC/TAXI LIGHT SWITCH LOCATED ISDR 2017FA0000340Switch · burnedSTROBE SWITCH HAS BEEN REPLACED TWICE DUE TO THE SAME DEFECT. PROBLEM HAS HAPPENED ON ANOTHER ACFT OF LIKE MODEL AND DESIGN. THE MAIN CURRENT CARRYING SOLDER JOINTS, 2 ON THE PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD PART OF THE SWITCH ASSEMBLY ARE OVERHEATING. IN ONE CASE THESDR COEA2017032912805Plate · corrodedHEAVY CHECK COE/MINOR REPAIR, LOWER STROBE LIGHT PANEL 193AL ATTACHMENT PLATE HAS LEVEL 2 CORROSION. REPLACED FRAME ASSY (ATTACH PLATE) WITH OEM PART.SDR BQVD201703270001Switch · failedLANDING LIGHT SWITCH STUCK IN ON POSITION. SUSPECT INTERNAL ARCING & WELDING OF CONTACTS. THE OVERHEATING CAUSED BY THE ARCING CAN CAUSE THE SWITCH BODY TO MELT, BUT DID NOT IN THIS CASE. NO SIGNS OF HEAT DAMAGE OF EXTERNAL SWITCH SURFACE WERE FOUND.SDR DALA2017020601032Switch · failedON FINAL APPROACH WHILE PASSING 2000 FEET, CREW SMELLED A BURNING ODOR ON THE FLIGHT DECK. CAPTAIN NOTICED A MOMENTARY PUFF OF SMOKE THAT DISSIPATED QUICKLY. ODOR SEEMED TO DISSIPATE, THEN SEEMED TO RETURN ON TAXI IN. NO VISIBLE SMOKE OR ODOR DETECTED IN PASDR SIMA20170105002Light · inoperativeLT MAIN WING NAVIGATION LIGHT IS INOP. REMOVED AND REPLACED LT MAIN WING NAVIGATION LIGHT IAW 33-43-03. OPS CHECK GOOD. NO DEFECTS AT THIS TIME.SDR BQVD0201701040001Switch · meltedPILOT SMELLED & SAW SMOKE. AIRCRAFT LANDED. MAINTENANCE DISCOVERED PARTIAL MELTED LANDING LIGHT SWITCH.SDR DALA2016121609950Power Supply · overheatedTHE F/A REPORTED A LOUD BANG FOLLOWED BY WHITE SMOKE WITH AN ELECTRICAL ODOR NEAR EXIT ROW 19. MAINTENANCE FOUND THAT THE UPPER BEACON POWER SUPPLY HAD OVERHEATED AND THAT THE WIRE HARNESS GOING TO THE BEACON WAS DISCOLORED. THE POWER SUPPLY, WIRE HARNESS, ANDSDR DALA2016110908434Light · failedBURNING RUBBER ODOR DURING TAKE OFF ROLL TO 2000 FT, NO OTHER INDICATIONS. SMELL SUBSIDED AT 2000' AT 3000', SNAP HEARD AND FOUND CIRCUIT BREAKER L11 UPPER ANTI COLLISION TRIPPED. COMPLIED WITH PNEUMATIC DIST. CABIN SMOKE/ODOR TROUBLESHOOTING IAW W/C 2120-23SDR DALA2016101307195Switch · stuckATB DUE TO ELECTRICAL ARCING AND ELECTRICAL SMELL IN OVERHEAD PANEL. CREW NOTICED THE RIGHT TURN OFF LIGHT SWITCH IN THE OVERHEAD PANEL ARCHING, AND TRIED TO TURN IT OFF, BUT IT WAS STUCK IN THE ON POSITION. FOLLOWED THE QRH FOR OVERWEIGHT LANDING, NO EMERGSDR YADA20160908001Circuit Board · burnedTAIL STROBE CIRCUIT BOARD BURNED.SDR SIMA20160816003Landing Light · brokenDURING LANDING GEAR EXTENSION, IT SOUNDED LIKE SIGNIFICANT DEBRIS CAME LOOSE IN THE NOSE WHEEL WELL. WE DID LOW FLY BY, TOWER INDICATED EVERYTHING APPEARED NORMAL. WE DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. FOUND NLG LANDING LIGHT ASSY BROKEN. RSDR FDEA201607112355Contact · burnedLEFT UPPER STROBE INOPERATIVE. FOUND BURNED INTERNAL CONTACT IAW AMM 33-47-01-2.SDR IPXA2016062204922Switch · arcedON TAXI OUT THE ODOR OF BURNING EMANATED FROM THE AIR CONDITIONING PACKS. WE SHUTDOWN THE RT PACK AND THE BURNING ODOR DID NOT ABATE BUT CONTINUED WITH THE LT PACK, ONLY OPERATING. RAN ENGINES AND PACKS TOGETHER AND ISOLATED FOR SEVERAL MINUTES. COULD NOT DSDR DALA2016052304118Switch · burnedACFT PERFORMED AN AIR TURN BACK TO DEPARTURE AFTER DETECTING AN ACRID, BURNING ELECTRICAL ODOR IN THE COCKPIT. NO VISIBLE SMOKE IN COCKPIT, BUT ODOR WAS STILL PRESENT AFTER RETURNING TO THE GATE. MAINTENANCE FOUND THE LEFT WING LANDING LIGHT SWITCH S1-5 BURNSDR K5SR2016T27503Socket · burnedWHILE PERFORMING AN AIRCRAFT SERVICE CHECK, FOUND EXTERIOR LOGO LIGHTS INOPERATIVE. PERFORMED TROUBLESHOOTING AND FOUND THAT THE P3 AND J3 PLUG AND CONNECTOR HAD SHORTED AT PIN DD AND MELTED THE PIN AND FEMALE PIN RECEPTACLE. CONNECTOR AND PLUG ARE LOCATED INSDR G73R2016042100002Light · looseWING NAVIGATION LIGHT SOCKET LOOSE.SDR G73R544PSPower Supply · defectiveLOUD CLICKING HEARD FROM OVERHEAD SPEAKERS WHEN STROBE LIGHTS ON.SDR REXA2016041800732Retaining Ring · corrodedLEFT WING INSPECTION LIGHT RETAINER RING CORRODED. R & R BOND RETAINER RING IAW AMM 33-43-01.SDR 2016FA0000146Circuit Breaker · failedPILOT REPORTED THAT THE STROBE LIGHT WAS INOPERATIVE. THE TECH TROUBLESHOT THE SYSTEM AND DISCOVERED THE STROBE LIGHT FAILED. THE TECH REPLACED THE CIRCUIT BREAKER SWITCH. NO CAUSE OR RECOMMENDATION AT THIS TIME.SDR REXA2016032300505Lens · crackedLEFT WING NAV LIGHT LENS CRACKED. LT NAV LIGHT LENS WAS REPLACED IAW SERVICE LETTER SL0011, AMM 57-30-39-400-801 & TS 000592-2013.SDR HYIA03192016001Reflector · meltedTHIS ACFT WAS MODIFIED TO INCORPORATE STC SA04160AT ON 12 16 2015. THIS STC REMOVES OEM GRIMES STYLE RETRACTABLE LANDING LIGHT ASSEMBLIES INSTALLED AT LT & RT WINGTIPS & PROVIDES FOR INSTALLATION OF FLUSH MOUNTED HID LIGHTS WITHIN THE LE OF LT & RT WINGTIPS. SDR MASA2016031812829Bulb · inoperativeFOUND PEANUT BULB OUT ON OVERWING LIGHT FIXTURE. R & R BULB, OPS CHECK GOOD.SDR ASOA20160314012Power Supply · inoperativeCREW REPORTED STROBE CIRCUIT BREAKER POPPED IN FLIGHT. ELECTRICAL BURNING ODOR ASSOCIATED, POSSIBLE LIGHTING STRIKE. MX PERFORMED LIGHTING INSPECTION OF ACFT WITH NO VISUAL DAMAGE NOTED. R & R TAIL STROBE POWER SUPPLY, OPS CHECK GOOD. AC WAS APPROVED FOR RESDR ZESA20160226001Light · deformedDURING A WALK AROUND INSPECTION OF THE ACFT, IT WAS NOTICED THAT BOTH OF THE WING ANTI-COLLISION LIGHTS HAD WHAT APPEARED TO BE A BLACK PLASTIC REFLECTOR AS PART OF THE LIGHT ASSEMBLY, MELTED AND HANGING FROM THE LED LIGHT ASSEMBLY.SDR 3SRA2016022200001Lens · crackedLOWER BEACON LENS SHATTERED WITH A LOUD BANG AND PIECES OF THE GLASS LENS STREWN ABOUT.SDR YGJR201605060001Beacon · misalignedWHILE PERFORMING SL 737-SL-33-064 THE LAST PART OF THE INSTRUCTIONS STATES TO CHECK THE ORIENTATION ARROW ON THE ROTATING BEACON FOR FACING FORWARD. THERE WAS NO ARROW ON THE INSTALLED BEACON. SL SHOWING THE ELECTRICAL RECEPTACLE CLOCK POSITION ON THE TOP OFSDR REXA2016011400094Lens · crackedLIGHT LENS ON PANEL 571JT IS CRACKED AT FASTENER HOLE. R & R 571JT LIGHT LENS IAW AMM 57-30-39-400-801.SDR EE4Y2015112400417Housing · corrodedRT WING L/E TIP LENS ASSY WITH CORROSION. DAMAGE HAS BEEN REPORTED AND MANAGED UNDER A NON ROUTINE ITEM A1D208,6-24. THE REPAIR HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED ACCORDING TO CMM 33-42-77, INSTRUCTIONS AND APPROVED.SDR EE4Y2015112400416Housing · corrodedLT WING L/E TIP LENS ASSEMBLY WITH CORROSION. DAMAGE HAS BEEN REPORTED AND MANAGED UNDER NON ROUTINE ITEM A1D208,5-25. THE REPAIR HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED ACCORDING CMM 33-42-77, INSTRUCTIONS AND APPROVED.SDR 39LA20151117147Landing Light · shortedON DEPARTURE, SMOKE NOTICED IN THE COCKPIT. DECLARED EMER & RETURNED. R & R LT LANDING LIGHT IAW MM 33-40-10.SDR AALA20151111001Transformer · failedFLIGHT ATTENDANT REPORTED SLIGHT ELEC SMELL BY ROW 5AB AFTER TAKEOFF, THEN DISSIPATED. PILOT REPORTS WING & NACELLE FLOODLIGHT CB TRIPPED IN FLIGHT. TROUBLESHOOTING FOUND T1-10 RT WING NACELLE FLOODLIGHT TRANSFORMER BURNED UP IN THE FWD CARGO BIN EQUIPMENT PSDR DALA2015110406720Power Supply · overheatedAFTER LANDING, DURING TAXI, F/A NOTICED ACRID, ELECTRICAL ODOR BEFORE GETTING TO RAMP. STRONG ODOR, NO VISIBLE SMOKE. BOTH ENGINES & BOTH PACKS RUNNING. AT GATE AFTER SHUTDOWN WITH BOTH PACKS ON APU ODOR WAS NOTICABLE, ODOR AT OVERWING EXIT ROW. CONFIRMED SDR COZR20151028005Lens · crackedWING TIP NAVIGATION LIGHT LENS WAS FOUND CRACKED AROUND THE METAL RETAINER. REMOVED OLD LENS. INSPECTED AND CLEANED RETAINER TO ENSURE NO SHARP EDGES OR INTERFERENCE FIT. INSTALLED NEW LENS WITH NEW SEAL AND ORIGINAL METAL RETAINER.SDR SIMA20150904002Light · inoperativeNOSE GEAR LANDING LIGHT INOPERATIVE. R & R NOSE GEAR LANDING LIGHT IAW 33-41-02. OPERATIONS CHECKED GOOD.SDR NP6A2015F00000Circuit Breaker · failedEXPERIENCED A NAVIGATION & STROBE LIGHT FAILURE. THE NAVIGATION STROBE LIGHT UNIT GNDED INTERNALLY. THE ECS0744A06A0 CB FOR THE NAVIGATION & THE ECS0744A06A0, CB FOR THE ANTI-COLLISION & STROBE FAILED TO TRIP, CAUSING THE NAVIGATION LIGHT SWITCH & THE ANTI-SDR 17GR2015090100002Bulb · burned outWING RECOGNITION, TAXI BULB BURNED OUT.SDR 17GR090101Bulb · burned outLANDING LIGHT BULBS ARE BURNING OUT IN 100 HOURS OF OPERATION. WE HAVE 3 AIRPLANES THAT USE THIS BULB AND WE HAVE REPLACED 17 BULBS SINCE APRIL 2014.SDR CA150901010Power Supply · inoperative(CAN) POWER SUPPLY WOULD STOP WORKING AFTER 15-20 MINUTES INTO FLIGHT, THE PULSE WOULD STOP BEING GENERATED AND THE ANTI COLLISION LIGHT WOULD STAY DIMLY LIT. REPLICATED SCENARIO IN HANGAR WITH GROUND POWER ON FOR 15 MINUTES, LIGHTLY TAPPED POWER SUPPLY BOX ANSDR ASOA2015081513677Fastener · missingLEFT LOGO LIGHT IS MISSING 1 FASTENER, CAMLOCK. REMOVED LOGO LIGHT RETAINER IAW CMM 33-43-70 PGS, ITEM 4B. INSTALLED NEW LOGO LIGHT RETAINER RING IAW CMM 33-43-70, PG 6, ITEM 8, D, SS. THIS REPAIR IS CLASSIFIED AS A MAJOR/MINOR REPAIR IAW SOP 5702.
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