Service difficulty report · Battery · Cessna 680A

Difficulty date
November 7, 2020
Submitted
November 9, 2020
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N339QS
Make and model
Cessna 680A
Aircraft serial
6800191
Aircraft time
11,315 hours
Part
Battery
Part number
CBS281
Part serial
2794M3716M0055
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

ALL AFT INTERIOR EMERGENCY LIGHTS AND ALL EXTERIOR LIGHTS ARE INOPERABLE. PRE-FLIGHT SIGN OFF. SPOKEN WITH PILOTS AS THEY WERE STILL ON THE FIELD AND HAS FOUND THAT AFTER POWER WAS APPLIED TO THE AIRCRAFT FOR AN EXTENDED AMOUNT OF TIME THE EMERGENCY LIGHTING WAS OPERATIONAL, BUT AFTER ABOUT 4 TO 5 MINUTES THE LIGHTING DIMMED AND THEN DIES. MCC ADVISED THAT THERE ARE 4 BATTERY PACKS ON ORDER AND TO REPLACE ONCE RECEIVED. TECH HAS REMOVED ALL 4 EMERGENCY BATTERY PACKS DUE TO LOW VOLTAGE FAILURE. TECH HAS INSTALLED 2 REPAIRED EMERGENCY BATTERY PACKS IN THE NR 2 AND NR 3 POSITIONS AND 2 MODIFIED EMERGENCY BATTERY PACKS IN THE NR 1 AND NR 4 POSITION. OPERATIONAL CHECK OF EMERGENCY LIGHTING SYSTEM COMPLETED. NO FURTHER DEFECTS NOTED AT THIS TIME. ALL WORK AND OPERATIONAL CHECKS COMPLETED IN REFERENCE WITH CITATION 680 MAINTENACNE MANUAL CHAPTER 33-50-00 AND 33-50-10.

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