Service difficulty report · Power Supply · Dhav DHC8102

Difficulty date
October 20, 2003
Submitted
October 21, 2003
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N834EX
Make and model
Dhav DHC8102
Aircraft serial
285
Aircraft time
29,712 hours, 33,150 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW120
Part
Power Supply
Part number
6013211
Part serial
000732
Condition
Inoperative
Location
Emergency Light
Part time
3,486 hours, 3,736 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

WHILE AIRCRAFT WAS IN MAINTENANCE BASE HAVING EMERGENCY LIGHT TEST PERFORMED IT WAS NOTICED THAT SECOND AND THIRD CEILING EMERGENCY LIGHTS WERE DIM. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED POWER SUPPLY AND BATTERY AT POSITION NR 3. SYSTEM OPERATIONAL CHECK GOOD AND AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.