What was found
AT APU START ATTEMPT ON GATE A LOUD BANG WAS HEARD UNDER TH E GALLEY - FOUND A/C BATTERY SWELLED - PROBABLE EXPLOSION
- Difficulty date
- December 9, 2001
- Submitted
- December 14, 2001
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N904DE
- Make and model
- Doug MD88
- Aircraft serial
- 53409
- Aircraft time
- 27,236 hours, 21,350 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 2430 · DC Generating System
- Part
- Battery
- Part number
- 021904000
- Part serial
- 3153831539
- Condition
- Overheated
- Location
- E.E Compartment
- Stage of operation
- TX
- Nature of condition
- M
- Precautionary procedure
- O
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.