Service difficulty report · Battery · Cessna 680A

Difficulty date
November 15, 2023
Submitted
November 16, 2023
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N550QS
Make and model
Cessna 680A
Aircraft serial
680A0150
Aircraft time
5,767 hours, 3,843 cycles
Part
Battery
Part number
CBS281
Part serial
2840M
Condition
Inoperative
Location
Emergency Lights
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

EMER LIGHTS WILL NOT COME ON WHEN SWITCH SELECTED TO ON WITH ACFT POWERED DOWN. PREFLIGHTED WITH THE AIRPLANE POWERED UP, THEN POWERED DOWN TO WAIT. AFTER POWERING DOWN, I CHECKED THE EMER LIGHTS AND FOUND NORMAL OPERATION. AFTER WAITING AN HOUR, WE CAME OUT TO POWER UP, AND TESTED EMER LIGHTS AGAIN AND FOUND THAT WITH AIRCRAFT POWER OFF, THE EMER LIGHTS WOULD NOT WORK WHEN SELECTED TO ON. THEY WOULD WORK WHEN SELECTED TO ARM. WHEN THE AIRCRAFT WAS POWERED UP, THE LIGHTS WOULD WORK IN BOTH ON AND ARM. REMOVED AND REPLACED #4 EMERGENCY LIGHT BATTERY PACK IAW CE·680A MM 33-50-06, PERFORMED OPERATIONAL TEST, NO DEFECTS NOTED.

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