# SDR TIMA20250130001

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: January 30, 2025
- Submitted: February 5, 2025
- Operation: Air carrier
- Aircraft: [N422AX](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N422AX), registered now
- Make and model: Beech 1900C
- Registry model: [Beech 1900C](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-1900c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Aircraft serial: UC95
- Aircraft time: 42,446 hours, 50,847 cycles
- System (JASC): [3110 · Instrument Panel](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/3110)
- Part: Instrument Panel
- Condition: Shorted
- Location: Zone 200
- Stage of operation: DE
- How discovered: O
- Nature of condition: B
- Precautionary procedure: O
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/TIMA20250130001

## Discrepancy

OVER FFU VOR THE INSTRUMENT INDIRECT LIGHTS STARTED FLICKERING INTENSELY. SHORTLY AFTER THERE WAS A STRONG BUT DISTINCT SMELL OF BURNING ELECTRONICS. THEN THE POTENTIOMETER FOR THE INSTRUMENT INDIRECT LIGHTS BECAME AN “ON/OFF” SWITCH, AND THE SMELL BEGAN TO FADE.

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