Service difficulty report · Switch · Boeing 757236

Difficulty date
November 14, 2012
Submitted
November 14, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N958FD
Make and model
Boeing 757236
Aircraft serial
24371
Aircraft time
51,834 hours, 22,015 cycles
Part
Switch
Condition
Arced
Location
Exterior Lights
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

BURNING RUBBER ODOR AT INITIAL POWER UP ON TAXI OUT. ON TAKEOFF ROLL, ODOR GOES AWAY IN ABOUT 10 SECONDS. ODOR BOTH TIMES WAS WITH THE APU OFF. RAN BOTH ENGINES AT THE GATE AND ISOLATED THE APU AND RAN WITH ONE PACK AT A TIME, AND THEN WITH BOTH PACKS ON, NO ODOR WAS DETECTED AT ANY TIME. TURNED ON ALL EXTERIOR LIGHTS, DETECTED A BURNING ODOR . TURNING OFF LIGHTS WOULD DIMINISH THE ODOR. PULLED DOWN LIGHT OVERRIDE PANEL, AND NOTICE RT RUNWAY TURNOFF LIGHT SWITCH ARCING. R & R LIGHT OVERIDE CONTROL PANEL ASSY, WHICH INCLUDES THE RT TURNOFF LIGHT SWITCH, IAW AMM 20-60-00, GROUND OPS CHECKED ALL LIGHTS ON CONTROL PANEL. ALL CHECKED GOOD, NO FUTHER ODOR NOTICED, ACFT OK FOR CONTINUED SERVICE.