What was found
TAIL COMPARTMENT EMERGENCY LIGHTS INOPERATIVE. FOUND BATTERIES WERE MISSING SUPPORT TUBES SO BATTERIES HAD POOR CONTACT. REPLACED MISSING TUBES. OPERATIONS CHECKED GOOD IAW AMM 33-53-01.
- Difficulty date
- July 31, 2015
- Submitted
- August 3, 2015
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N408NV
- Make and model
- Doug DC983
- Aircraft serial
- 53246
- Aircraft time
- 52,234 hours, 34,321 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 3350 · Emergency Lighting
- Part
- Support Tube
- Condition
- Missing
- 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.