Service difficulty report · Battery · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
August 6, 2015
Submitted
August 10, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N506AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35690
Aircraft time
27,485 hours, 8,464 cycles
Part
Battery
Part number
024147000
Part serial
0905200018474
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Master
Part time
22,696 hours, 7,743 cycles
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
9
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

ELEC LIGHT ON "SIX-PACK" CAME ON AND BATTERY DISCHARGE LIGHT OVERHEAD OBSERVED ON. BATTERY AMPS OBSERVED NEGATIVE FOR 3 MINUTES, THEN BATTERY DISCHARGE ANNUNCIATOR WENT OUT AND STAYED OUT. BATTERY AMPS READ ZERO AND REMAINED AT ZERO. AUX BATTERY READ ENTIRE TIME. ALL THIS OCCURED AT CRUISE AFTER 1.5 HOURS OF FLIGHT TIME. ALL OTHER INDICATIONS NORMAL. FIFTEEN MINUTES LATER BATTERY DISCHARGE ANNUNCIATOR CAME ON AGAIN FOR 45 SECONDS. ACFT GROUNDED. ACCOMPLISH BITE ON ELEC PANEL "NO FAULTS STORED" REF MM 24-31, TASK 801. BOTH BATTERY CHARGERS SHOW NO FAULTS. R & R BOTH BATTERIES AS PRECAUTIONARY, OPS NORMAL REF MM 24-31-11.