Service difficulty report · Battery Pack · Doug DC951

Difficulty date
April 29, 2011
Submitted
May 11, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N765NC
Make and model
Doug DC951
Aircraft serial
47718
Aircraft time
77,130 hours, 77,091 cycles
Part
Battery Pack
Condition
Discharged
Location
Cabin
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

ON PREFLIGHT, FOUND EMERGENCY LIGHTS ILLUMINATED WITH SWITCH IN THE EMERGENCY LIGHTS ARM POSITION. ASSOCIATED CIRCUIT BREAKERS WERE POPPED ON OVERHEAD PANEL. MX REMOVED AND REPLACED BATTERY PACKS B23 AND B24 BEHIND FWD LAV MIRROR. NO HELP. REMOVED AND REPLACED BOTH BATTERY PACKS ON LEFT SIDE OVERWING EXITS. FOUND POWER AT D2 AT S1-177, BUT NO POWER AT D1. REMOVED AND REPLACED S1-177 PER AMM. BOTH CIRCUIT BREAKERS RESET SUCCESSFULLY AFTER COCKPIT SWITCH REPLACEMENT. REPLACED BATTERY PACK B5-40. RELAMPED LT AND RT O/W EMERG LIGHTS AND REPLACED BATTERY IN PACK B5-33. ALL EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHTS OK.

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