Service difficulty report · Battery · Dhav DHC8202

Difficulty date
January 23, 2013
Submitted
January 24, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N379PH
Make and model
Dhav DHC8202
Aircraft serial
530
Aircraft time
28,182 hours, 39,126 cycles
Part
Battery
Condition
Discharged
Location
Emergency Lights
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 DISCOVERED THE EMERGENCY LIGHTS IN THE CEILING WERE NOT ILLUMINATING. THE CREW ALLOWED THE BATTERIES TO CHARGE AND PERFORMED AN OPS CHECK AFTER THE BATTERIES WERE FULLY CHARGED. THE TEST PRODUCED SATISFACTORY RESULTS AND THE ACFT WAS FLOWN. ONCE IN, THE CREW PERFORMED AN OPS CHECK OF THE EMERGENCY LIGHT BATTERIES DURING ANOTHER PRE FLIGHT. THE GROUND MX CREW REPLACED 1 OF THE BATTERIES AND PERFORMED AN OPS CHECK THAT PRODUCED SATISFACTORY RESULTS. THE ACFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.