# SDR 95ZZZX5957

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: September 21, 1995
- Submitted: March 26, 2000
- Operation: General aviation
- Aircraft: [N3289S](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3289S), registered now
- Make and model: Cessna 182G
- Registry model: [Cessna 182G](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Aircraft serial: 18255789
- System (JASC): [2434 · DC Generator-Alternator](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/2434)
- Part: Generator
- Part number: 1101912
- Condition: Shorted
- Location: Field Coil
- Component: Delco
- Stage of operation: CR
- Nature of condition: B
- Precautionary procedure: O
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/95ZZZX5957

## Discrepancy

INVESTIGATION FOR COCKPIT ODOR FOUND UPON OPENING THE BATTERY COMPARTMENT, THE BATTERY WAS EXTREMELY HOT AND MOST OF THE ELECTROLYTE HAD BOILED OUT.  TROUBLESHOOTING REVEALED THE FIELD COIL HAD GROUNDED OUT IN THE GENERATOR.

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