Service difficulty report · Battery

Difficulty date
February 21, 2023
Submitted
February 22, 2023
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N820QS
Aircraft serial
7000057
Aircraft time
1,612 hours, 946 cycles
Part
Battery
Part number
CBS281
Part serial
2509M
Condition
Defective
Location
Zone 100
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
C
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

ALL EMERGENCY LIGHTS FAIL TO COME ON WITH SHIP'S POWER OFF AND EMER LIGHT SWITCH IN ARM OR ON POSITION. REMOVED & REPLACED THE EFFECTED BATTERY & CHARGER SYSTEMS. RESET RESET EACH BATTERY CHARGE SYSTEM. POWERED UP AIRCRAFT WITH GPU & BATTERY POWER ALLOWED ALL 4 BATTERIES TO CHARGE. PERFORMED OPS CHECK, CHECKED GOOD IAW AMM 33-50-07, 33-50-05 & 33-50-00. SWAPPED #1 AND # 2 EMERGENCY BATTERIES, TURN THE EMERGENCY BATTERY SWITCH TO ON AND ARM. EMERGENCY LIGHTS DID NOT LIGHT UP. SWAPPED BATTERIES TO ORIGINAL CONFIGURATION & APPLIED POWER TO AIRCRAFT & ARMED EMERGENCY LIGHTS TO CHARGE BATTERIES. POWERED DOWN AIRCRAFT & OPS CHECKED AGAIN. THE EMERGENCY LIGHT CAME ON WHENEVER SWITCH WAS FLIPPED TO ARM, BUT DID NOT TURN ON IN ON POSITON. SWAPPED #3 & #4 BATTERIES. EMERGENCY LIGHTS CAME ON & FUNCTIONED, NR 4 BATTERY IS DEAD AGAIN. PROCEEDED TO CHECK POWER INPUT GOING INTO ALL BATTERIES TO VERIFY IF BATTERIES WERE GETTING POWER. VERIFIED BATTERIES RECEIVED GOOD POWER. SWAPPED RELAY WITH KF127. FAULT DID NOT FOLLOW. SWAPPED RELAYS TO THEIR ORIGINAL POSTIONS. CHECKED VOLTAGE ON EACH BATTERIES AND FOUND ALL BATTERY VOLTAGES TO BE LOW. WORK DONE IAW AMM 33-50-05 AND 33-50-07.