SDR 96ZZZX5497

Service difficulty report · Lighting · Piper PA28161

Difficulty date
October 11, 1996
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N9089N
Make and model
Piper PA28161
Aircraft serial
2816003
Part
Lighting
Condition
Shorting
Location
Cockpit Overhead
Part time
5,150 hours
Stage of operation
IN
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

REPORT BY PILOT THAT OVERHEAD LIGHT INOP. REPAIR/SIGN OFF - BY MECHANIC STATED 'DID NOT HAVE SWITCH TURNED ON. WORKS FINE'. AFTER SEEING THIS AND BEING FAMILIAR WITH CESSNA SEB 92-33, REV 2, TOOK ANOTHER LOOK AT OVERHEAD PANEL AND FOUND THAT YOU HAD TO HIT THE PANEL TO GET THE LIGHT TO COME ON AND THE RHEOSTAT ASSY WAS ROTATING FREELY EXCEPT FOR THE TANGLED WIRES.

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