Service difficulty report · Ballast · Doug DC862

Difficulty date
July 10, 2000
Submitted
July 12, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N799AL
Make and model
Doug DC862
Aircraft serial
45922
Aircraft time
67,495 hours, 21,585 cycles
Part
Ballast
Condition
Defective
Location
Cockpit
Part time
67,495 hours, 21,585 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
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

EN ROUTE FROM HIK TO KWA, WHEN THE FLIGHT CREW ILLUMINATED THE COCKPIT LIGHTING SYSTEM SMOKE WAS DETECTED IN THE COCKPIT. THE FLIGHT CREW EXTINGUISHED THE LIGHTING SYSTEM AND THE SMOKE SUBSIDED. THE FLIGHT CONTINUED TO KWA FOR AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED THE LIGHT SYSTEM WHICH REVEALED A DEFECTIVE COCKPIT LIGHT BALLAST. MAINTENANCE PLACED THE COCKPIT LIGHTING SYSTEM ON DEFERRAL. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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