Service difficulty report · Light Ballast · Boeing 727232

Difficulty date
August 5, 1995
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N476DA
Make and model
Boeing 727232
Aircraft serial
20753
Part
Light Ballast
Condition
Failed
Location
Cabin
Component
036405
Stage of operation
TX
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
H

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

What was found

AFTER STOPPING AT GATE AND DEPLANING, SMOKE STARTED COMING OUT OF OVERHEAD PANEL ABOVE 21A. PULLED ALL CABIN LIGHTING C/BS. FOUND CEILING LIGHT BALLAST BETWEEN 21 AND 22 ABC BURNT UP. DISCONNECTED SAME FWD TOMCO AND PLACED PER MEL 33-00-02. BALLAST WAS SUBSEQUENTLY REPLACED, OPERATION NORMAL.