Service difficulty report · Battery · Dhav DHC8102

Difficulty date
June 19, 2010
Submitted
January 4, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Make and model
Dhav DHC8102
Aircraft time
47,679 hours
Engine
Pwa PW120A
Propeller
Hamstd 14SF7
Part
Battery
Part number
4011769
Part serial
11993
Condition
Thermal Runaway
Location
Main
Part time
20,611 hours
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
M, J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

DURING CLIMB THE MAIN BATTERY HOT WARNING LIGHT CAME ON. THE BATTERY WAS TURNED OFF PER THE QRH BUT THE TEMPERATURE DID NOT DECREASE. AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED AND THE ACFT RETURNED DEPARTURE. THE BATTERY WAS REPLACED.