Service difficulty report · Battery · Namer HARVARDMK4

Difficulty date
November 23, 2007
Submitted
January 21, 2008
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Namer HARVARDMK4
Aircraft time
4,951 hours
Engine
Pwa R1340*
Propeller
Hamstd 12D40
Part
Battery
Part number
GE50C
Part serial
G02184121
Condition
Shorted
Location
Master
Part time
253 hours
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) AC SUFFERED ALMOST AN ENTIRE ELECTRICAL FAILURE DURING CLIMBOUT. AFTER SUBSEQUENT UNSCHEDULED LANDING, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE BATTERY HAD ACQUIRED AN INTERNAL SHORT, WHICH DEPLETED THE GENERATOR OUTPUT AND CAUSED THE AVIONICS TO MALFUNCTION. BATTERY REPLACED WITH A SERVICEABLE SPARE, AND AC ELECTRICAL SYS CONFIRMED OPERATIONAL. (TC NR 20071128012)