Service difficulty report · Eel Socket · Doug DC862

Difficulty date
October 23, 1995
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N801AX
Make and model
Doug DC862
Aircraft serial
46077
Part
Eel Socket
Condition
Stuck
Location
Cockpit
Stage of operation
IN
Nature of condition
L
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

DURING PREFLIGHT INSPECTION, FOUND DISARM LIGHT INOPERATIVE FOR THE EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHTS. FOUND PRESS-TO-TEST SOCKET FOR THE EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHTING DISARM SWITCH STUCK. FREED SOCKET AND OPERATIONAL CHECK OF DISARM LIGHT WAS GOOD.

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