SDR EISA98119

Service difficulty report · Battery Charger · Boeing 727231

Difficulty date
May 25, 1998
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N74318
Make and model
Boeing 727231
Aircraft serial
20051
Part
Battery Charger
Part number
2301
Condition
Failed
Location
E/E Bay
Stage of operation
TX
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

ON POST-FLIGHT INSPECTION, FOUND THE BATTERY VOLTAGE TO BE ZERO. AFTER CONSULTING WITH MAINTENANCE (BRUSSELS), FOUND A 50-AMP CIRCUIT BREAKER IN LOWER 48 LABELED BATTERY CHARGER. WHEN CIRCUIT BREAKER WAS RESET, BATTERY POWER RESTORED, HOWEVER, AFTER 2 MINUTES, COCKPIT FILLED WITH ELECTRICAL SMOKE. EVACUATION OF CREW WAS ACCOMPLISHED. DE-POWERED AIRCRAFT. GENERATED FROM PILOT REPORT. REMOVED AND REPLACED MAIN BATTERY IAW MM 24 CHECKS GOOD. REMOVED AND REPLACED BATTERY CHARGER IAW MM 24. OPS CHECK GOOD IAW MM24. (X)