Service difficulty report · Ballast · Fokker F28MK1000

Difficulty date
January 29, 1997
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N457US
Make and model
Fokker F28MK1000
Aircraft serial
11036
Part
Ballast
Part number
561408BVL2
Condition
Shorted
Location
Cockpit
Component
Fokker
Stage of operation
CR
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

MAIN INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHTS LEFT SIDE CIRCUIT BREAKER POPPED. STRONG ELECTRICAL SMELL IN COCKPIT. CREW DID NOT ATTEMPT TO RESET BREAKER. BALLAST TRANSFORMER REPLACED IN LEFT-HAND SIDEWALL FORWARD POSITION. LIGHT OPS CHECKED GOOD, NO ELECTRICAL SMELL NOTED.

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