What was found
EMERGENCY DECLARED, LANDING UNEVENTFUL & ACFT NOT OVERWEIGHT. FLIGHT ATTENDANT REPORTED ELEC FUMES SMELL, GENERATING FROM THE LT AFT LAVATORY AREA. FOUND LAVATORY BALLAST BURNED UP. R & R AFT LAVATORY LIGHT BALLAST IAW 33-26-13.
- Difficulty date
- August 4, 2015
- Submitted
- August 5, 2015
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N9624T
- Make and model
- Doug DC983
- Aircraft serial
- 53594
- Aircraft time
- 49,654 hours, 23,826 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 3320 · Passenger Compartment Lighting
- Part
- Ballast
- Condition
- Burned
- Location
- Lavatory
- 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.