What was found
THE SIDE PANEL LIGHTING WOULD NOT WORK UNTIL THE RHEOSTAT KNOB WAS PULLED. WHEN THE KNOB WAS WIGGLED A CRACKLING SOUND COULD BE HEARD. THE RHEOSTAT WAS REPLACED AND OPERATED NORMALLY. THE OLD RHEOSTAT HAD BEEN REPLACED FEB 2/09.
- Difficulty date
- February 4, 2009
- Submitted
- March 5, 2009
- Operation
- General aviation
- Make and model
- Beech 200BEECH
- Aircraft time
- 23,690 hours
- Engine
- Pwa PT6A41
- System (JASC)
- 3310 · Flight Compartment Lighting
- Part
- Rheostat
- Part number
- CM39569
- Condition
- Unserviceable
- Location
- Cockpit Lights
- Part time
- 12 hours
- 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.