# SDR 96ZZZX1540

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: February 27, 1996
- Submitted: March 26, 2000
- Operation: General aviation
- Aircraft: [N6396E](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6396E), registered now
- Make and model: Cessna 182R
- Registry model: [Cessna 182R](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Aircraft serial: 18268367
- System (JASC): [2571 · Battery Box Structure](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/2571)
- Part: Support
- Part number: 07120591
- Condition: Cracked
- Location: Bat Hold Down
- Part time: 1,167 hours
- Stage of operation: IN
- Nature of condition: O
- Precautionary procedure: K
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/96ZZZX1540

## Discrepancy

BOTH BATTERY HOLD-DOWN SUPPORTS WERE FOUND CRACKED DURING A ROUTINE INSPECTION.  CRACKS WERE AT BOTH ENDS OF THE SUPPORTS AND APPROXIMATELY 1 INCH IN LENGTH.  SUBMITTER STATED THIS IS THE SECOND AIRCRAFT FOUND WITH THIS DEFECT.  IF FAILURE HAD OCCURED, BATTERY COULD HAVE FALLEN INTO CONTROL CABLES.  SUGGEST CLOSE INSPECTION WHENEVER REAR BULKHEAD IS REMOVED.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.