# SDR DHL96717005

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: January 19, 1996
- Submitted: March 26, 2000
- Operation: Air carrier
- Aircraft: [N717DH](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N717DH), registered now
- Make and model: Boeing 727-23
- Registry model: [Boeing 727-23](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Aircraft serial: 19389
- System (JASC): [3310 · Flight Compartment Lighting](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/3310)
- Part: Ballast
- Part number: 106075213
- Condition: Failed
- Location: Cockpit
- Stage of operation: CR
- Nature of condition: B
- Precautionary procedure: A, H
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/DHL96717005

## Discrepancy

MEDIUM AMOUNT OF SMOKE IN COCKPIT FROM UNDER FRONT PANEL RIGHT SIDE.  FOUND BALLAST FOR PANEL FLUORESCENT LIGHTS CAUSING SMOKE.  DEACTIVATED SYSTEM, DEFERRED PER MEL 33-1.

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