Service difficulty report · Rheostat · Boeing 767332

Difficulty date
October 8, 2000
Submitted
October 10, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N182DN
Make and model
Boeing 767332
Aircraft serial
25987
Aircraft time
38,454 hours, 5,898 cycles
Part
Rheostat
Condition
Failed
Location
Switch Panel
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
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 LANDING THERE WAS A BURNING ELECTRICAL SMELL IN COCKPIT COULD NOT TELL WHERE IT WAS COMING FROM. FOUND BURNING SMELL CAME FROM OUT OF F/O P7 PNL P7 SWITCH. SUSPECT INTERNAL ARCING IN RHEOSTAT WAS HOT. PULLED C/B P31 ON P11 PNL. FWD TO MCO AND PLACARD.