Service difficulty report · Battery Pack · Doug DC951

Difficulty date
April 13, 2010
Submitted
April 15, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N774NC
Make and model
Doug DC951
Aircraft serial
47776
Aircraft time
73,426 hours, 70,244 cycles
Engine
Pwa JT8D1
Part
Battery Pack
Condition
Inoperative
Location
Emergency Lights
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
C
Nature of condition
L
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

PRIOR TO FLIGHT, THE FLIGHT CREW FOUND THAT THE EMERGENCY LIGHTS IN THE FLIGHT DECK AND GALLEY WOULD NOT ILLUMINATE WHEN THE EMERGENCY LIGHTS SWITCH WAS PLACED IN THE ON POSITION. MX REPLACED THE BATTERIES IN BATTERY PACK B5-23 AND THE SYS OPERATED NORMALLY THEREAFTER.

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