Service difficulty report · Socket · Boeing 727232

Difficulty date
July 18, 1996
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N45793
Make and model
Boeing 727232
Aircraft serial
20647
Part
Socket
Condition
Shorted
Location
Glareshield
Stage of operation
TO
Nature of condition
B, J
Precautionary procedure
A, J

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

What was found

A SMALL AMOUNT OF SMOKE WAS OBSERVED COMING FROM UNDER GLARESHIELD, ACCOMPANIED BY ILLUMINATION OF SEVERAL WARNING LIGHTS AFTER GEAR WAS RAISED. FUEL WAS DUMPED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO EWR WHERE IT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE FOUND THE NR 2 THRUST REVERSER OPERATING LIGHT SOCKET AT FAULT. THE LIGHT SOCKET WAS REPLACED AND OPERATIONAL CHECK WAS GOOD.