Service difficulty report · Battery · Doug MD83

Difficulty date
January 3, 2019
Submitted
January 7, 2019
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N966TW
Make and model
Doug MD83
Aircraft serial
53616
Aircraft time
53,552 hours, 27,408 cycles
Part
Battery
Condition
Discharged
Location
Cabin
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
C
Nature of condition
L
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

AIRCRAFT WAS NOT GROUNDED: ESCAPE PATH LIGHTING BATTERY AT ROW 20 OVERHEAD BIN, LOW VOLTAGE ON LOWER BATTERY. MAINTENANCE REPLACED LOWER BATTERY PER AMM 33-53-00 AND PERFORMED SATISFACTORY OPERATIONAL CHECK.

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