Service difficulty report · Battery · Beech B200

Difficulty date
March 15, 2004
Submitted
July 22, 2004
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Beech B200
Aircraft time
12,547 hours
Engine
Pwa PT6A42
Part
Battery
Condition
Discharged
Location
Master
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
H
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

(CAN) PILOT REPORTED COMPLETE ELECTRICAL FAILURE AND LANDED WITH GEAR MANUALLY EXTENDED. INSPECTION FOUND STARTER SWITCHES IN THE 'ON' POSITION AND BATTERY DOWN TO 12VOLTS, NO OTHER INDICATION OF FAULT WAS FOUND. I FEEL THAT WITH THE SWITCHES IN THE 'ON' POSITION, THE GENERATORS WERE NOT CHARGING THE BATTERY, AND THE BATTERY EVENTUALLY EXHAUSTED ITSELF TO THE POINT WHERE IT COULD NO LONGER POWER THE SYSTEMS.

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