Service difficulty report · Battery Pack · Dhav DHC8202

Difficulty date
October 18, 2010
Submitted
October 18, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N379PH
Make and model
Dhav DHC8202
Aircraft serial
530
Aircraft time
24,210 hours, 34,101 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW123
Part
Battery Pack
Part number
6104789
Part serial
9902154
Condition
Weak
Location
Emergency Light
Part time
112 cycles
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

DURING PREFLIGHT INSP, AIRCREW NOTICED THE EMERGENCY FLOOR LIGHTING FROM ROWS 1 THROUGH 4 INOPERATIVE. MX CREW FOUND THE PS5 EMERGENCY BATTERY PACK WEAK. BATTERY PACK WAS R & R. PERFORMED OPS CHECK OF THE EMERGENCY LIGHTING SYSTEM. SYSTEM CHECKED SATISFACTORY. ACFT RETURNED TO FLIGHT STATUS.