Service difficulty report · Battery · Beech B200

Difficulty date
June 23, 2014
Submitted
June 25, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N805AH
Make and model
Beech B200
Aircraft serial
BB1896
Aircraft time
2,466 hours, 2,076 cycles
Part
Battery
Condition
Failed
Location
Master
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
H
Precautionary procedure
A

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

GENERATORS FAILED SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF. STARTED LOSING ELECTRICAL POWER BY EVIDENCE OF THE AIR CONDITIONING FANS TURNING OFF, GETTING FLAGS ON THE EFIS SCREENS, AND EVENTUALLY LOSING ALL AVIONICS POWER. HAD TO MANUALLY PUMP GEAR DOWN FOR LANDING. AFTER AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING, ALL OF THE SYSTEMS STARTED POWERING BACK ON. PERFORMED MULTIPLE INSPECTIONS OF THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS. NO ISSUES WERE FOUND, EXCEPT THAT THE MAIN BATTERY DID NOT PASS THE CAPACITY CHECK. BATTERY WAS REPLACED WITH A NEW UNIT AND RAN ACFT TO TRY TO DUPLICATE THE ISSUE. MAINTENANCE WAS NOT ABLE TO DUPLICATE THE ISSUE.

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