Service difficulty report · Ballast · Fokker F28MK4000

Difficulty date
May 20, 1998
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N483US
Make and model
Fokker F28MK4000
Aircraft serial
11233
Part
Ballast
Part number
LG18
Condition
Failed
Location
Cockpit
Component
Grimes
Stage of operation
IN
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

GTF - ELECTRICAL/ACRID SMELL COMING FROM CAPTAINS INSTRUMENT PANEL. WHITE FLOOD LIGHTS WORK, RED FLOOD LIGHTS DO NOT. LOCAL MAINTENANCE INSPECTED BALLAST AND PLACED RED FLOOD LIGHTS ON MEL. SEA MAINTENANCE LATER CLEARED MEL BY REPLACING THE BALLAST TRANSFORMER LG18. OPERATIONAL TEST NORMAL.

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