Service difficulty report · Socket · Boeing 757224

Difficulty date
November 22, 2005
Submitted
November 23, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N14102
Make and model
Boeing 757224
Aircraft serial
27292
Aircraft time
47,987 hours, 11,241 cycles
Part
Socket
Part number
BV031120333
Condition
Shorted
Location
Cabin Lights
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
H, A

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

What was found

SMOKE BEGAN COMING FROM A CABIN CEILING FLUORESCENT FIXTURE LIGHT AT SEAT 24A (MID LEFT CABIN) WHILE ON CLIMBOUT OF TPA. A TECHNICIAN ON THE FLIGHT REMOVED THE CEILING PANEL, REMOVED THE LIGHT BULB, AND THE SMOKE CEASED. FOUND THE SOCKET WHERE THE BULB PLUGS INTO THE LIGHT ASSEMBLY BURNED. THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO TPA WHERE IT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE LIGHT SOCKET FOR THE CEILING FLUORESCENT LIGHT AT 24A WAS REPLACED AND OPERATIONAL CHECKS WERE GOOD IAW MM 33-21-00. NO OTHER DEFECTS WERE NOTED.