SDR TRBA200734

Service difficulty report · Wire · Aerosp ATR72212

Difficulty date
June 14, 2007
Submitted
June 15, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N399AT
Make and model
Aerosp ATR72212
Aircraft serial
399
Aircraft time
26,435 hours, 24,689 cycles
Part
Wire
Condition
Chafed
Location
Cockpit Lights
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
V
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

CAPT DOME AND STORM LIGHT WHEN OUT; BURNING SMELL IN COCKPIT ALONG WITH SPARKS APPARENTLY FROM INSTRUMENT PANEL. DE-PLANED PASSENGERS. REMOVED AND REPLACED CAPT'S DOME LIGHT BULB. PERFORMED DVI OF WIRING BEHIND INSTRUMENTS PANEL. NO ABNORMAL CONDITION OR SMELL NOTED. AT THIS TIME REPAIRED WIRE ON CAPT YOKE CHART HOLDER IAW STD PRACTICES JIC NR 20-27-17. WIRES WERE CHAFING POPPING-OUT C/B. PERFORMED OP CK OK AS PER MM NR 33-10-00.

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