A B737-200 WAS DISPATCHED IN NON COMPLIANCE WITH THE INCORRECT P2-5 OVERHEAD PANEL INSTALLED.

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ON APR/SAT/04 I WAS WORKING A PIREP THAT ACFT X WOULD GET THE FUEL LIGHT WHEN THE CAPT PRESSED THE RECALL. AFTER TROUBLESHOOTING; I FELT THAT THE PROB WAS EITHER IN THE RECALL SWITCH ITSELF OR POSSIBLY IN THE P2-5 OVERHEAD PANEL. I WENT TO THE STOCK ROOM FOR THE OVERHEAD PANEL AND FOUND PART NUMBER 69-37335-67. I LOOKED AT THE PART TAG AND NOTED THAT IT WAS GOOD ONLY ON A DASH 200 ACFT. I ALSO NOTED THAT IT WAS THE ONLY P2-5 PANEL IN THE STOCK ROOM FOR A DASH 200 ACFT. AS IS MY NORMAL HABIT; I WENT TO THE COMPUTER IN THE STOCK ROOM TO CHK THE IPC. WHEN I APCHED THE COMPUTER; I SAW THAT THE SCREEN WAS BLANK. I THOUGHT THAT THE COMPUTER MUST BE DOWN. I THEN PROCEEDED OUT TO THE ACFT. I WANTED TO ELIMINATE THE OVERHEAD PANEL AS THE PROB; AS I WAS FEELING THAT THERE WAS A VERY GOOD CHANCE THAT I WOULD BE REPLACING THE RECALL SWITCH WHICH WOULD BE MUCH MORE INVOLVED. AFTER INSTALLING THE P2-5 PANEL AND CHKING OUT THE RECALL; I FOUND THAT THE P2-5 WAS THE FIX. WHILE FILLING OUT THE PART TAG; I NOTED THE DIFFERENT DASH NUMBERS ON THE PARTS. AT THIS POINT I MADE A MENTAL NOTE TO CHK IPC BEFORE HANDING IN MY PAPERWORK. BY THE END OF THE NIGHT THIS HAD SLIPPED MY MIND. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS: I REMEMBER THE NIGHT AS BEING RATHER HECTIC. I WAS ASSIGNED AN A2 CHK ON A DASH 200 ACFT. MY PARTNER WAS ON OVERTIME; HIS NORMAL BID LOCATION IS 'C-CK.' IT WAS ALSO HIS FIRST TIME TO WORK AT THE NEW LINE FACILITY. ALSO; DURING THIS TIME INSPECTION SHOWED UP FOR THE SPINDLE CHK. IN SHORT; I WAS PERFORMING SEVERAL TASKS AT THE SAME TIME AND FEELING PRESSED FOR TIME. I LET THESE FACTORS INTERFERE WITH MY NORMAL HABIT OF CHKING THE PARTS CATALOG BEFORE INSTALLING A PART ON THE ACFT.