Service difficulty report · Battery · Cessna 680CE

Difficulty date
July 11, 2024
Submitted
July 15, 2024
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N382QS
Make and model
Cessna 680CE
Aircraft serial
6800245
Aircraft time
14,348 hours, 9,575 cycles
Part
Battery
Part number
CBS281
Part serial
006744
Condition
Defective
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

EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHTS ASSOCIATED WITH BATTERY PACK #4 REMAIN ILLUMINATED WHEN ALL POWER IS REMOVED FROM THE AIRCRAFT. THE EMER LIGHTS WERE NO LONGER ON. WITH THE MAIN BATTERIES DISCONNECTED, CYCLED ERNER LIGHT SWITCH OFF TO ARM TO ON NOTING THAT ALL EMER LIGHTS CAME ON AS REQUIRED. ALLOWED THE ERNER LIGHTS TO REMAIN LLLUMLNATED FOR 10 MINS, NO DEFECTS NOTED. CYCLED EMER LIGHT SWITCH ON TO ARM TO OFF ALL THE ERNERGENCY LIGHTS EXTINGUISHED AS REQUIRED. IAW AFM, PUT THE ERNER LIGHT SWITCH IN ARM, THEN APPLIED POWER TO AIRCRAFT. NOTED THAT AFTER POWER APPLIED TO AIRCRAFT, ALL EMER LIGHTS EXTINGUISHED AS REQUIRED. TURNED OFF EMERGENCY LIGHTS & REMOVED POWER FROM THE ACFT IAW AFM. ACCESSED NR 4 BATTERY ASSOCIATED G SWITCH. PERFORMED A GVI OF G SWITCH & WIRING, NO DEFECTS. PERFORMED A GVI OF NR 4 BATTERY, NO DEFECTS NOTED. ACTUATED G SWITCH, ERNER LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. RESET THE G SWITCH THE LIGHTS EXTINGUISHED. LIKELY CAUSE WOULD BE AN INTERMITTENT G SWITCH. EVIEWED WIRING MANUAL & FOUND THE POWER TO THE ERNER LIGHTS IS CONTROLLED BY TWO DIFFERENT CIRCUITS WITH ONE CONTAINING THE G SWITCH AND ONE CONTAINING THE RELAY KC006. R & R BATTERY PACK IAW MM 33-50-10. R & R INERTIA SWITCH IAW MM 33-50-10. PERFORMED OPS CHECK OF INERTIA SWITCH IAW MM 33-50-00. R & R RELAY IAW MM 24-60-20. ALLOWED 1 HOUR TO CHARGE BATTERIES IAW MM 33-50-10. OPS CHKD EMERGENCY LIGHTS IAW MM 33-50-00. NO FAULTS OR DEFECTS. ORIGINAL SUBMISSION DATE: 7/12/2024