Service difficulty report · Battery · Emb EMB145LR

Difficulty date
December 12, 2011
Submitted
December 13, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N291SK
Make and model
Emb EMB145LR
Aircraft serial
145486
Aircraft time
25,485 hours, 20,656 cycles
Engine
Allsn AE3007A
Engine time
22,057 hours, 19,681 cycles
Part
Battery
Part number
RPS1B
Part serial
14279
Condition
Discharged
Location
Cabin
Part time
36,952 hours, 31,329 cycles
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
C
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

CREW REPORTED THAT THE EMERGENCY LIGHTS WERE ONLY PARTIALLY ILLUMINATED AND THAT THEY WOULD NOT EXTINGUISH WHEN CYCLING THE SWITCH. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE NUMBER 3 EMERGENCY BATTERY. OPERATIONAL CHECKS WERE GOOD WITH NO FURTHER DEFECTS NOTED.

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