What was found
3 HOURS INTO FLIGHT, AIRCRAFT BATTERY BEGAN TO VENT SMOKE AND HAD AN ELECTRICAL ODOR. A FLIGHT TURN BACK WAS DONE.
- Difficulty date
- July 22, 2002
- Submitted
- August 12, 2002
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N482EV
- Make and model
- Boeing 747212B
- Aircraft serial
- 20713
- System (JASC)
- 2432 · Battery/Charger System
- Part
- Battery
- Condition
- Smoke
- Location
- Main Electrical
- Stage of operation
- CR
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- B
- Precautionary procedure
- A
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.