Service difficulty report · Ballast · Doug DC982

Difficulty date
June 17, 1996
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N10801
Make and model
Doug DC982
Aircraft serial
49127
Part
Ballast
Part number
0398020
Condition
Overheated
Location
Cabin
Stage of operation
TX
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

CREW CALLED MAINTENANCE WHILE AIRCRAFT WAS AT GATE, STATING THEY SMELLED SMOKE IN THE CABIN. MAINTENANCE FOUND THAT A LIGHT BALLAST ABOVE ROW 19 DEF HAD GOTTEN HOT AND SCORCHED THE OVERHEAD BIN. ALSO, THE PSU CENTER LIGHTING CIRCUIT BREAKER IN THE COCKPIT WAS FOUND POPPED. MAINTENANCE FOUND THAT A WIRE RUNNING ABOVE THE SAME OVERHEAD BIN HAD GROUNDED. THE BALLAST WAS REPLACED. ALSO, THE ADJACENT BALLAST WAS REPLACED AS A PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE. THE OVERHEAD BIN WAS PULLED DOWN AND THE CHARRED WIRING WAS REPLACED AND THE INSULATION WAS REPAIRED.

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