Service difficulty report · Ballast · Fokker F28MK1000

Difficulty date
April 5, 1995
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N801PH
Make and model
Fokker F28MK1000
Aircraft serial
11097
Part
Ballast
Part number
561408B212
Condition
Failed
Location
Cockpit
Component
Fokker
Stage of operation
TX
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
D

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

What was found

PDX - ACRID SMELL IN COCKPIT, ON TAXI OUT. FLIGHT ATTENDANT ALSO COMPLAINED OF ACRID SMELL. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO GATE. REPLACED COCKPIT LIGHT BALLAST. AIRCRAFT GROUND RUN, NO ACRID SMELL NOTED AND LIGHT OPS CHECKED GOOD. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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