What was found
ON RAMP WHEN STARTER BUTTON PUSHED, BATTERY WAS TOO LOW TO CRANK ENGINE. BATTERY WAS REMOVED AND CAPACITY TESTED; TEST REVEALED 84% CAPACITY. BATTERY INSTALLED NEW 3 WEEKS PRIOR.
- Difficulty date
- December 14, 2017
- Submitted
- January 4, 2018
- Operation
- General aviation
- Aircraft
- N9299B
- Make and model
- Piper PA28181
- Aircraft serial
- 2843116
- System (JASC)
- 2432 · Battery/Charger System
- Part
- Battery
- Part number
- 724314
- Part serial
- G02980617
- Condition
- Discharged
- Location
- Zone 100
- Part time
- 87 hours
- Stage of operation
- TX
- How discovered
- C
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.