Service difficulty report · Switch · Boeing 747212B

Difficulty date
December 17, 2011
Submitted
December 22, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N482EV
Make and model
Boeing 747212B
Aircraft serial
20713
Aircraft time
112,579 hours
Part
Switch
Part number
8906K1559
Condition
Burned
Location
Landing Light
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

ON DEPARTURE, DURING THE LAST SEGMENT, A PUNGENT ODOR WAS DETECTED FOLLOWED BY VISUAL SMOKE ROLLING AND EMITTING OUT OF OVERHEAD PANEL BETWEEN LANDING LIGHT SWITCHES AND NR 1 HF RADIO. HF WAS OFF, THE LIGHTS WERE SELECTED OFF, SMOKE DISSIPATED AT THAT POINT BUT ELECTRIC SMOKE ODOR AND VERY HOT PANEL REMAINED. ACCOMPLISHED INSPECTION AS PER AMM 05-51-50 FOUND RT OUTBOARD LANDING LIGHT SWITCH AT FAULT (INTERNAL FAILURE). REPLACED RT OUTBOARD LANDING LIGHT SWITCH AS PER AMM 33-42-02 AND 33-11-04.

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