SDR SAJF20151014018

Service difficulty report · Ballast · Boeing 747400

Difficulty date: September 23, 2015
Submitted: October 14, 2015
Operation: Air carrier
Aircraft: N18205
Make and model: Boeing 747400
Aircraft serial: 28712
Aircraft time: 80,213 hours, 14,912 cycles
System (JASC): 3320 · Passenger Compartment Lighting
Part: Ballast
Part number: 81411
Part serial: 142183
Condition: Inoperative
Location: Cabin
Stage of operation: IN
How discovered: C
Nature of condition: L
Precautionary procedure: K

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

What was found

ZONE A CEILING LIGHTS INOPERATIVE. FOUND P414 H17 CB POPPED OUT. PFM WIRING CHECKED & FOUND SEAT 3A CEILING LIGHT BALLAST M8468, PLUG & WIRING DAMAGED. AFFECTED BALLAST M8468 DAMAGED PLUG & WIRES HAS INSOLATED. THE P414 H17 CB RESET NORMAL, ZONE AN AREA CEILING LIGHT BACK TO NORMAL, EXCEPT SEAT 3AB CEILING LIGHT INOPERATIVE.

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