Service difficulty report · Battery Pack · Boeing 7572G7

Difficulty date
January 14, 2002
Submitted
January 16, 2002
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N908AW
Make and model
Boeing 7572G7
Aircraft serial
24233
Aircraft time
49,896 hours, 18,674 cycles
Part
Battery Pack
Part number
29131A
Condition
Defective
Location
Cabin
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
C
Nature of condition
L
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

WHEN MX ARRIVED AT AIRCRAFT FOUND EMERGENCY LIGHTING WAS LEFT ON FOR AN UNDETERMINED PERIOD OF TIME. MX REMOVED AND REPLACED ALL EMERGENCY LIGHT BATTERY PACKS. DURING EMERGENCY LIGHT OPERATIONAL TEST MX FOUND THAT THE AISLE EMERGENCY LIGHTS WERE COMING ON INTERMITTENTLY WITH EMERGENCY LIGHT ARM SWITCH IN OFF POSITION. AT THIS TIME NOTED THAT EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHT OVER L1 DOOR DID NOT ILLUMINATE. FOUND THE L1 DOOR BATTERY PACK THAT HAD JUST BEEN INSTALLED WAS BAD. REPLACED EMERGENCY BATTERY PACK AT L1 DOOR IAW BMM 33-51-07. MX TROUBLESHOT THE INTERMITTENT EMERGENCY AISLE LIGHT PROBLEM TO THE EMERGENCY LIGHT ARM SWITCH PANEL AND REPLACED THE PANEL. OPERATIONAL CHECK OF EMERGENCY LIGHTING SYS TESTED GOOD.

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