What was found
AT CR SMELLED HOT INSULATION ODOR. DISCOVERED POPPED C/B FOR OVERHEAD SWITCH PANEL. MX FOUND OVERHEAD LIGHT RHEOSTAT TRANSFORMER TO BE PRIMARY CAUSE OF ODOR.
- Difficulty date
- April 17, 2002
- Submitted
- April 18, 2002
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N623FE
- Make and model
- Doug MD11F
- Aircraft serial
- 48794
- Aircraft time
- 1,412 hours, 15 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 3310 · Flight Compartment Lighting
- Part
- Rheostat
- Condition
- Faulty
- Location
- Cockpit
- Stage of operation
- CR
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- B
- Precautionary procedure
- O
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.