Service difficulty report · Battery · Beech 1900D

Difficulty date
November 10, 2007
Submitted
November 15, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N146ZV
Make and model
Beech 1900D
Aircraft serial
UE146
Aircraft time
27,832 hours, 40,711 cycles
Engine
Pwa PT6A67D
Part
Battery
Part number
1013810087
Part serial
062072
Condition
Discharged
Location
Master
Part time
27,915 hours, 40,752 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

AFTER TAKEOFF, HAD BRIEF BATTERY CHARGE ANNUNCIATOR ILLUMINATION. THEN, AFTER NEXT TAKEOFF ANNUNCIATOR REMAINED ILLUMINATED AND WAS ACCOMPANIED BY BATTERY AMMETER AND BOTH GENERATOR LOAD METERS CYCLING. AMMETER CYCLED FROM 0 TO 30A AND LOAD METERS CYCLED FROM 20 TO 35 PERCENT UNTIL BATTERY MASTERSWITCH WAS TURNED OFF. PROCEEDED TO NEXT LANDING AND MAINTENANCE CLEANED BATTERY AMMETER SHUNT, BATTERY TERMINALS, REPLACED BATTERY AND PERFORMED EXTENSIVE OPERATIONAL CHECK BEFORE CLEARING DISCREPANCY.

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