An air carrier small transport passenger became alarmed over a warning light in the cockpit.

Attributes
ACN	352130
Time
Date	199611
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : jax
State Reference	FL
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 135
Flight Phase	ground : parked other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 30 flight time total : 1700 flight time type : 30
ASRS Report	352130
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : atp pilot : commercial
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 6000 flight time type : 700
ASRS Report	352129
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Passenger asked why light was on (on annunciator panel). It was from a deferred item on aircraft.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AN ACR SMT PAX BECAME ALARMED OVER A WARNING LIGHT IN THE COCKPIT.

Narrative: PAX ASKED WHY LIGHT WAS ON (ON ANNUNCIATOR PANEL). IT WAS FROM A DEFERRED ITEM ON ACFT.

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.