Service difficulty report · Light · Boeing 757222

Difficulty date
February 13, 2011
Submitted
March 10, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N520UA
Make and model
Boeing 757222
Aircraft serial
24890
Aircraft time
66,701 hours, 25,052 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW2040
Part
Light
Part number
81841
Condition
Faulty
Location
Cabin
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
E, D

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

What was found

LEFT ENGINE START AT GATE, ALL PARAMETERS NORMAL, UPON PUSHBACK PAX ALERTED FLIGHT CREW THAT SMOKE HAD FILLED THE CABIN. CREW SHUTDOWN LT ENGINE AND SOON AFTER SMOKE HAD CLEARED. RAN NO SMOKE NOTED FOR 10 MIN. WALK THROUGH CABIN FOUND NOTICEABLE SMOKE ODOR ABOVE CEILING AREA STARTING FROM ROWS 30 AND AFT. ODOR SIMILAR TO BALLAST TYPE. RT LAST ROW SIDE WALL LIGHT INOP. REPLACED LIGHT ASSY AND RELAMPED OPS CHECKED OK. NR 2 LT DOOR CEILING LIGHT INOP. REPLACED BALLAST AND RELAMPED, OPS CHECKED OKAY.