Service difficulty report · Battery · Doug MD11F

Difficulty date
July 13, 2008
Submitted
August 26, 2008
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N576FE
Make and model
Doug MD11F
Aircraft serial
48501
Aircraft time
53,281 hours, 11,018 cycles
Part
Battery
Part number
31433001
Part serial
10004795
Condition
Unknown
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

AFTER LEVEL OFF AT FL390, APPROX 20 MIN AFTER T/O GOT LVL 1 BATT LOW ALERT. DIVERTED TO KLAS BATT SHOWED AMBER BOXED 8 OR 7. REMOVED AND REPLACED A/C BATTERIES IAW AMM 24-34-02-4. PERF DC TIE BUSS OPS CHECK. REMOVED AND REPLACED BATTERY CHARGER. REMOVED AND REPLACED BATTERY AMMETER SHUNT S4-1 RELAY, BAT CHARGER TRANSFER R2-217, RCCB BATTERY CHARGER B1-157, AND REPLACED PLUGS P1-1957, P1-1958, AND P1-1959 PER SWP. PERFORMED WIRING CHECKS PER AWD 24-33-01. PERFORMED EMERGENCY POWER TEST WITH NORNAL FINDINGS. STARTED APU WITH NO FAULTS AND BATTERY RECOVERY NORMAL AFTER START. RAN ALL 3 ENGINES PER JRH AND POWERED ALL 3 BUSSES WITH NORMAL RESULTS D/C SYSTEM CHECKS NORMAL.

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