Service difficulty report · Battery · Boeing 7878

Difficulty date
October 4, 2017
Submitted
October 9, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N782AM
Make and model
Boeing 7878
Aircraft serial
37165
Aircraft time
9,839 hours, 1,170 cycles
Part
Battery
Part number
B3856902
Part serial
00001702
Condition
Discharged
Location
Master
Part time
15,678 hours, 2,010 cycles
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
H
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

AIRCRAFT WAS RECEIVED WITH EXTERNAL POWER CONNECTED, THE EXTERNAL POWER WAS CUT AND THE APU WAS STARTED, THE APU AUTOMATICALLY SHUT OFF, NOT BEING POSSIBLE TO ENERGIZE THE AIRCRAFT. MAINTENANCE PERFORMED AN INSPECTION, AND DETECTED THE MAIN BATTERY WITH LOW VOLTAGE, THE BATTERY WAS REPLACED IAW AMM DMC-B787-A-24-31-01-02D-520A-A AND AMM DMC-B787-A-24-31-01-02D-720A-A, TESTED CORRECT.

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