Service difficulty report · Battery · Airbus A321231

Difficulty date
February 16, 2022
Submitted
February 17, 2022
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N519UW
Make and model
Airbus A321231
Aircraft serial
3881
Aircraft time
43,341 hours, 15,739 cycles
Part
Battery
Condition
Fire
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
A, B
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED: AIRCRAFT DIVERTED TO GSO AND DECLARED AN EMERGENCY ON ACCOUNT OF SMOKE / ODOR IN THE FLIGHT DECK. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED SAFELY WITH OUT FURTHER INCIDENT. UPON ARRIVAL CREW REPORTED SMOKE WAS IN THE CABIN DUE TO A LITHIUMION BATTERY FIRE. THE BATTERY WAS PUT IN THE FIRE BAG AND CONTAINED. MAINTENANCE ACCOMPLISHED SMOKE ODOR FUME TROUBLE SHOOTING ASK CARD 26L00021001 AND DETERMINED THE EVENT WAS FROM THE PASSENGER LITHIUMION BATTERY WHICH WAS CONTAINED IN THE FIRE CONTAINMENT BAG WITH NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.

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