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At cruise on board B757, generator failure causing intermittent cabin lighting occurred. Aircraft diverted to alternate for maintenance.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 412697 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199808 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : zfw |
| State Reference | TX |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zfw tower : iah |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B757 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | Other Other |
| Flight Phase | cruise other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight attendant : on duty |
| Qualification | other other : other |
| ASRS Report | 412697 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
Lights went off, then back on for approximately 15 mins. Started dimming and went to bright several times before they went back off the second time. Captain informed us that we were diverting to dfw.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AT CRUISE ON BOARD B757, GENERATOR FAILURE CAUSING INTERMITTENT CABIN LIGHTING OCCURRED. ACFT DIVERTED TO ALTERNATE FOR MAINT.
Narrative: LIGHTS WENT OFF, THEN BACK ON FOR APPROX 15 MINS. STARTED DIMMING AND WENT TO BRIGHT SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE THEY WENT BACK OFF THE SECOND TIME. CAPT INFORMED US THAT WE WERE DIVERTING TO DFW.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.