Service difficulty report · Battery · Fokker F27MK600

Difficulty date
October 11, 1996
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N701FE
Make and model
Fokker F27MK600
Aircraft serial
10419
Part
Battery
Part number
4050A1
Condition
Overheated
Location
Right
Stage of operation
CR
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

OAK-YVR - NR 2 BATTERY OVERHEAT LIGHT ILLUMINATED. CREW SWITCHED BATTERIES OFFLINE, NR 1 GENERATOR VOLTAGE BECAME ERRATIC. CREW THEN SELECTED NR 1 GENERATOR OFF AND PROBLEM PERSISTED WITH THE NR 2 GENERATOR. DUE TO IFR WEATHER CONDITIONS CREW ELECTED TO DIVERT TO MFR WHICH WAS VFR. NR 2 BATTERY HAS BEEN REPLACED. OPERATIONAL TEST PERFORMED WITH NO PROBLEMS. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE. DC VOLTAGE ERRATIC WITH BATTERY SWITCH OFF AFTER SWITCHING DC GENERATOR OFF MOMENTARILY. REMOVED AND REPLACED LEFT DC CONTROL UNIT. GENERATORS PARALLELED. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE. (M)

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