Service difficulty report · Potentiometer · Cessna 208B

Difficulty date
August 23, 2019
Submitted
August 26, 2019
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N715HE
Make and model
Cessna 208B
Aircraft serial
208B0603
Aircraft time
22,520 hours, 48,768 cycles
Part
Potentiometer
Condition
Failed
Location
Cockpit
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
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

DURING FLIGHT PILOT NOTICED SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT COMING FROM THE MAP LIGHT DIMMING RHEOSTAT. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED AIRCRAFT AND DEFERRED THE MAP LIGHT ACCORDING TO COMPANY PROCEDURES. POTENTIOMETER PART NUMBER S2619-1 WAS NOTED AS DEFECTIVE COMPONENT.

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