Service difficulty report · Battery Pack · Amd FALCON50MYST

Difficulty date
May 5, 2014
Submitted
May 16, 2014
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N171TG
Make and model
Amd FALCON50MYST
Aircraft serial
251
Part
Battery Pack
Part number
135687
Part serial
2927
Condition
Overheated
Location
Irs System
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
M
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

EMERGENCY BATTERY PACK USED FOR BACK UP ON ACFT IRS SYS, WAS FOUND OVERHEATED AND CASE MELTED AND DEFORMED. BATTERY WAS LAST SERVICED ON FEB 12, 2013 IAW CMM 24-30-16, REV 2. BATTERY CURRENTLY HAS A 16M+1M SERVICE TIME LIMIT IAW MFG, CH 5, REV 3, DATED JUNE 2013. ACFT CHARGING SYS WAS VERIFIED IN WORKING AND NO DEFECT CONDITION.