SDR 0601769996

Service difficulty report · Charger · Doug DC931

Difficulty date
July 31, 2006
Submitted
August 1, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N8932E
Make and model
Doug DC931
Aircraft serial
47141
Part
Charger
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
E/E Bay
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
H, A

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

DURING CRUISE FLIGHT THE CREW NOTED THAT THE AMBER "BATTERY CHARGER" ANNUNCIATOR LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. COM PROCEDURES WERE IMMEDIATELY COMPLIED WITH AND THE FLIGHT DIVERTED TO THE NEAREST SUITABLE AIRPORT. THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT INFORMED THE FLIGHT CREW THAT AN "ACRID ODOR” WAS DETECTED BY THE FORWARD ENTRY DOOR JUMPSEAT DURING THIS TIME. THE LANDING AT ORD WAS NORMAL AND WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE BATTERY CHARGER AND THE BATTERIES. THE ODOR WAS INVESTIGATED AND NO OTHER SOURCE COULD BE DETERMINED. NO EVIDENCE OF FIRE WAS FOUND. THE AIRCRAFT HAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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