Service difficulty report · Landing Light · Boeing 73776N

Difficulty date
April 21, 2014
Submitted
March 12, 2015
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Boeing 73776N
Aircraft time
48,093 hours
Engine
Ge CFM567B24
Part
Landing Light
Part number
4503513
Condition
Failed
Part time
1,094 hours
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

(CAN) ACFT HAD DEFECT K35320, STATING THAT THE LT RETRACTABLE LANDING LIGHT WAS NOT WORKING. DURING THE TROUBLESHOOTING THE CONNECTOR ON RETRACTABLE LANDING LIGHT WAS FOUND BURNED. PINS ON RETRACTABLE LANDING LIGHT ASSEMBLY WERE ALSO FOUND BURNED. THE RETRACTABLE LANDING LIGHT UNIT 45-0351-3, SERIAL 4709 AND THE ACFT SIDE CONNECTOR D1782 WHERE REPLACED. THERE IS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH CONTAMINATION IN THESE CONNECTORS THAT CAUSE THIS KIND OR DEFECT, SB 45-0351-33-0009 AND SB 737-33-1152 ADDRESSED THE CONTAMINATION PROBLEM BY REPLACING BOTH CONNECTORS, ACFT AND UNITS. THIS ACFT AND ASSY HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY MODIFIED. ACFT CONNECTOR WAS CHANGED BACK IN 07/31/2013 AND THE ASSEMBLY GOT MODIFICATION, MOD 9, BACK AT LAST SHOP VISIT 12/02/2013. RETRACTABLE LANDING LIGHT REPLACED, PN 45-0351-3, SN 4709, TSI 1094, CSI 498.

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