Service difficulty report · Battery · Piper PA31350

Difficulty date
August 24, 1997
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Piper PA31350
Engine
Lyc TIO540J2BD
Propeller
Hartzl HCE3YR2
Part
Battery
Condition
Discharged
Location
E/E Bay
Part time
10,440 hours
Stage of operation
UK
Nature of condition
H
Precautionary procedure
H

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

What was found

(CAN) A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME AFTER THE AIRCRAFT WAS PARKED, THE ANTI-COLLISION LIGHT APPEARED TO BE OPERATING. IT WAS THOUGHT THE MASTER SWITCH WAS LEFT ON. THIS WAS NOT THE CASE. THE NEXT MORNING, THE AIRCRAFT COULD NOT BE STARTED DUE TO A WEAK BATTERY. IT WAS REMOVED AND SERVICED, REINSTALLED. FURTHER INVESTIGATION REVEALED MASTER SWITCH CAN BE ACTIVATED BY RAIN IF COVER FOR CIRCUIT BREAKER IS NOT PROPERLY SEALED.

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