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The FAA has advised of a report of an inflight fire in a Cessna Model 172.
The fire was caused by a short in the electrical wiring controlled by the instrument panel light dimming rheostat. This Directive requires the rheostat to be replaced with an improved version, which is both current-limiting and heat-protected, thus decreasing the probability of an inflight fire being caused by a defective rheostat.
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