Service difficulty report · Light · Airbus A330323

Difficulty date
September 22, 2010
Submitted
September 24, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N275AY
Make and model
Airbus A330323
Aircraft serial
0370
Part
Light
Part number
2LA00462600
Condition
Defective
Location
Cockpit
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
O
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

MAD - THE CAPTAIN'S OVERHEAD MAP LIGHT HAD A SHORT AND SOME SMOKE, IT CONTINUED TO WORK. THE CIRCUIT BREAKER WAS PULLED AND COLLARED 722VU, R40. THIS CIRCUIT BREAKER WILL ALSO MAKE THE FIRST OFFICER'S MAP LIGHT INOPERATIVE. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED WIRING IN THE OVERHEAD FOR THE CAPTAIN'S MAP LIGHT ASSEMBLY, NO DEFECTS WERE NOTED. THE LIGHT ASSEMBLY WAS REPLACED AND RESET CIRCUIT BREAKER R40. OPERATIONAL TESTS ARE SATISFACTORY AND MEL REMOVED.

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