Service difficulty report · Battery · Dorner DO328100

Difficulty date
July 29, 2002
Submitted
August 5, 2002
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N457PS
Make and model
Dorner DO328100
Aircraft serial
3048
Aircraft time
16,896 hours, 14,570 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW119B
Propeller
Hartzl HDE6C3B
Part
Battery
Part number
321430
Part serial
10469
Condition
Discharged
Location
Cabin
Part time
15,628 hours, 13,874 cycles
Stage of operation
TX
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

THE CREW REPORTED THAT THE EMERGENCY LIGHTING AT ROWS 4 AND 5 WERE NOT ILLUMINATING. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED AND REPLACED THE 6LK EMERGENCY BATTERY IN ACCORDANCE WITH DORNIER MAINTENANCE MANUAL 33-00-00. OPERATIONAL CHECKS WERE PERFORMED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS RELEASED FOR SERVICE.