Service difficulty report · Battery · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
December 6, 2012
Submitted
December 7, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N918DL
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
49583
Aircraft time
62,885 hours, 48,801 cycles
Part
Battery
Condition
Inoperative
Location
Emergency Light
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

DURING LINE CHECK, MX FOUND THAT MULTIPLE OVERHEAD EMERGENCY PATHWAY LIGHTING WAS INOPERATIVE. MX REPLACED THE BATTERIES IN THE POWER PACKS B5-100 & B5-102, AND THE LIGHTS RETURNED TO AN OPERATIONAL CONDITION.

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