Service difficulty report · Switch · Boeing 727227

Difficulty date
October 5, 2010
Submitted
October 11, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N308AS
Make and model
Boeing 727227
Aircraft serial
22002
Aircraft time
52,068 hours, 35,464 cycles
Engine
Pwa JT8D17
Part
Switch
Condition
Inoperative
Location
Air Stair
Part time
52,068 hours, 35,464 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

DURING CLIMB OPS THE AFT AIR-STAIR GREEN LIGHT ILLUMINATED. ACFT RETURNED, WHERE IT LANDED WITH OUT INCIDENT. POST FLIGHT INSP WAS PERFORMED, THE TREAD LIGHT SWITCH WAS DETERMINED TO BE AT FAULT. ITEM WAS DEFERRED AND ACFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE. NO OTHER DEFECTS WERE NOTED.