Service difficulty report · Battery · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
March 19, 2020
Submitted
March 20, 2020
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N557AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35176
Aircraft time
52,609 hours, 15,327 cycles
Part
Battery
Part number
024147000
Part serial
09052000F4CF2
Condition
Faulty
Location
E&E Bay
Part time
26,822 hours, 9,707 cycles
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J, B
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

"ELEC" LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON OVERHEAD ELECTRICAL PANEL ACCOMPLANIED BY LIGHT ACRID SMELL IN FLIGHT DECK. GROUNDED - YES. R&R MAIN BATTERY CHARGER REF B737-800 AMM 2-31-21, AUX BATTERY CHARGER REF AMM 24-31-31, MAIN AND AUX BATTERIES REF AMM 24-31-11. ACCOMPLISHED CONDITIONAL INSPECTION 05-51-56. ACCOMPLISHED GVI OF BATTERY CHARGERS AND BATTERY CABLES. REF SWPM 20-10-06. NO DEFECTS NOTED. ALTERNATE DEACTIVATION PROCEDURE USED PER CHPT. 5, TABLE 3, ITEM 1DURING R&R OF AUX BATTERY CHARGER, FOUND SOOT UNDER CHARGER AND ON MOUNT, AND THIS IS WHERE THE ODOR CAME FROM. ELEC LIGHT EXTINGUISHED ON OVERHEAD PANEL AND DID NOT ILLUMINATE AFTER R&R.