What was found
VISIBLE SMOKE AND ACRID SMELL POURED FROM THE HOUSING AROUND THE MASK. FOUND INSTRUMENT AND PEDESTAL LIGHT DIMMER BOX SHOWING SIGNS OF INTERNAL COMPONENT BURN AND ACRID SMELL. REMOVED AND REPLACED DIMMER BOX.
- Difficulty date
- August 23, 2006
- Submitted
- August 25, 2006
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N910ME
- Make and model
- Boeing 717200
- Aircraft serial
- 55174
- Aircraft time
- 8,863 hours, 4,933 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 3510 · Crew Oxygen System
- Part
- Dimmer
- Part number
- 2632
- Condition
- Smoke
- Location
- Cockpit
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- 9
- Nature of condition
- B
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.