# SDR QXEA9700021

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: January 29, 1997
- Submitted: March 26, 2000
- Operation: Air carrier
- Aircraft: N457US
- Make and model: Fokker F.28 MK 1000
- Registry model: [Fokker F.28 MK 1000](https://openairdocs.org/model/fokker-f-28-mk-1000) (OpenAirDocs)
- Aircraft serial: 11036
- System (JASC): [3310 · Flight Compartment Lighting](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/3310)
- Part: Ballast
- Part number: 561408BVL2
- Condition: Shorted
- Location: Cockpit
- Component: Fokker
- Stage of operation: CR
- Nature of condition: B
- Precautionary procedure: O
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/QXEA9700021

## Discrepancy

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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