Service difficulty report · Battery · Dhav DHC8202

Difficulty date
December 17, 2012
Submitted
December 20, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N366PH
Make and model
Dhav DHC8202
Aircraft serial
510
Aircraft time
30,149 hours, 41,513 cycles
Part
Battery
Condition
Discharged
Location
Emergency Light
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 THE CREW NOTICED THE EMERGENCY LIGHTING WAS NOT ILLUMINATING DURING TESTING. GROUND MX CREW DISCOVERED THAT THE EMERGENCY LIGHT BATTERIES WERE DRAINED. UPON REPLACING THE EMERGENCY LIGHT BATTERIES ALL OPS CHECKS PROVED TO BE SATISFACTORY. THE ACFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.