Service difficulty report · Ballast · Doug DC983

Difficulty date
October 15, 2014
Submitted
October 17, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N9618A
Make and model
Doug DC983
Aircraft serial
53565
Aircraft time
49,154 hours, 23,433 cycles
Part
Ballast
Part number
BR94052
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Cabin
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
H

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What was found

WHILE BOARDING, ELEC SMELL WAS NOTICED. LIGHT BALLAST LOCATED ABOVE ROW 7AB WAS BURNING. CHARRING OCCURRED ON THE OVERHEAD CEILING PANEL & INSULATION BAGS AROUND THE BALLAST ALSO BURNED UP. ACFT REMOVED FROM SERVICE. REPLACED LAMP & BALLAST. OPERATIONS CHECKED NORMAL.

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