Service difficulty report · Battery · Boeing 777222

Difficulty date
June 22, 2026
Submitted
June 24, 2026
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N787UA
Make and model
Boeing 777222
Aircraft serial
26939
Aircraft time
115,571 hours, 15,327 cycles
Part
Battery
Condition
Crushed
Location
Zone 200
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

FO SEAT FRONT LEFT RAIL ATTACHMENT AREA STARTED SMOKING MOMENTARILY WHEN ELECTRICALLY MOVED AFT TOWARDS THE AFT STOP. THE SMOKING STOPPED. POWER SWITCH WAS TURNED OFF AND POWER TO THE SEAT WAS DISCONNECTED FROM THE AIRCRAFT. SEAT IS JAMMED NEAR AFT STOP. MECHANICAL FORE/AFT ADJUSTMENT INOP. SMOKE DISCOVERED TO BE COMING FROM A AA FLASHLIGHT BATTERY WHICH HAD BEEN CRUSHED IN SEAT RAIL. BATTERY REMOVED AND BURNT CARPET EDGE TRIMMED. FLOOR STRUCTURE AND SEAT RAIL INSPECTED AND FOUND TO HAVE NO DAMAGE. FLIGHT DECK SEAT FOD INSPECTION CARRIED OUT AS PER AMM 25-11-00-200-804. SEAT RECONNECTED AND OPERATION VERIFIED TO BE NORMAL BOTH ELECTRICALLY AND MANUALLY. CREW REQUESTED TO FILL OUT SMOKE/ODUR FORM AND FORWARED TO TOMC.