Service difficulty report · Battery · Boeing 737790

Difficulty date
June 30, 2022
Submitted
July 5, 2022
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N615AS
Make and model
Boeing 737790
Aircraft serial
30344
Aircraft time
68,173 hours, 34,884 cycles
Part
Battery
Part number
893003
Part serial
C1256
Condition
Odor
Location
E/E Bay
Part time
68,170 hours, 34,883 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

AT FL360 , JUST BEFORE DESCENT , F/A ADVISES NOTICEABLE ODOR COMING FROM REAR OF THE CABIN. NO SMOKE OR OTHERWISE VISIBLE CONTAMINANT OBSERVED. AFTER LANDING, ELEC AMBER LIGHT ILLUMINATED. LEVEL ONE AIR QUALITY EVENT. GROUNDED - YES. VERIFIED NO VISUAL SMOKE OR FUMES - ODOR NOTED WAS ELECTRICAL IN SMELL . FLT CREW REPORTED APU NOT RUNNING. ELEC BITE SHOWS PRI BATT CHARGER FAULT. INSP A/C AFT/FWD GALLEYS , COFFEE MAKERS, AC BAYS, E+E, MAIN GEAR W/W, GALLY OVENS- NO EVIDENCE OF BURNT WIRING NOTED. RMVD AND REPLACED PRI AND AUX BATT CHARGERS, AND PRI AND AUX BATTERIES - OPS CK GOOD . SMELL DISSIPATED. NO HISTORY NOTED. REF B737-700 AFIM 05-51 TASK 814, CONDITIONAL INSP SMOKE OR FUMES IN CABIN 05-51-56, B737-700 AMM 24-31-11, 24-31-31, 24-31-21.