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Air carrier first officer reported a smoking external battery when it was connected to the efb prior to departure. Attempts to turn it off were unsuccessful. The battery was disconnected and left with a company agent.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1344697 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201604 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Dawn |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Widebody Low Wing 2 Turbojet Eng |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Parked |
| Route In Use | None |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | DC Battery |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying First Officer |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 30 Flight Crew Total 7000 Flight Crew Type 400 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Smoke / Fire / Fumes / Odor |
Narrative:
5 minutes prior to departure I put a cable into my efb backup battery. I noticed the lights flashed and never recalled seeing this before. About 2 seconds later I noticed smoke coming out of the battery. I tried to turn the battery off; but the lights remained on. Multiple attempts to turn the device off were not successful. We decided to leave the battery with the supervisor so we could depart. I realized after takeoff that we should have contacted dispatch prior to block out instead of enroute. Both efbs had a high charge and the captain had his fully charged backup battery on board.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Air carrier First Officer reported a smoking external battery when it was connected to the EFB prior to departure. Attempts to turn it off were unsuccessful. The battery was disconnected and left with a company agent.
Narrative: 5 minutes prior to departure I put a cable into my EFB backup battery. I noticed the lights flashed and never recalled seeing this before. About 2 seconds later I noticed smoke coming out of the battery. I tried to turn the battery off; but the lights remained on. Multiple attempts to turn the device off were not successful. We decided to leave the battery with the supervisor so we could depart. I realized after takeoff that we should have contacted dispatch prior to block out instead of enroute. Both EFBs had a high charge and the Captain had his fully charged backup battery on board.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.