B767-200 flight crew found parking brake indication switch held in place with shredded paper.

Attributes
ACN	1649654
Time
Date	201905
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.ARTCC
State Reference	US
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B767-200
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Cruise
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

Narrative:

While in cruise; I noticed that a very small piece of paper was sticking out of the parking brake indication switch. I pulled the switch out to find that it was being held by multiple ripped pieces of paper. I removed the papers and placed the switch back in the slot. Wrote up the now inoperative switch in the maintenance log and advised maintenance in ZZZ of my findings. This; unfortunately; has been a common practice when these types of switches go inoperative. This constitutes a risk to safety due to the fact that you are placing shreds of papers (combustible) close to an electrical connector.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B767-200 flight crew found parking brake indication switch held in place with shredded paper.

Narrative: While in cruise; I noticed that a very small piece of paper was sticking out of the Parking Brake Indication Switch. I pulled the switch out to find that it was being held by multiple ripped pieces of paper. I removed the papers and placed the switch back in the slot. Wrote up the now INOP switch in the maintenance log and advised maintenance in ZZZ of my findings. This; unfortunately; has been a common practice when these types of switches go INOP. This constitutes a risk to safety due to the fact that you are placing shreds of papers (combustible) close to an electrical connector.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.