<< >> NASA ASRS Report 820861, January 2009

MD11 captain reports receiving battery discharging alert at FL310 and diverts to the nearest suitable airport as required by flight manual.

Attributes
ACN	820861
Time
Date	200901
Local Time Of Day	0001-0600
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	MD-11
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Climb
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Electrical Power
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 75 Flight Crew Total 12850 Flight Crew Type 585
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical

Narrative:

After passing abcxx intersection 'battery discharging' alert illuminated. Declared emergency; got clearance to ZZZ. Called dispatch to advise of our diversion and reason for it. Talked with maintenance. Dumped fuel to 491.5 weight; made uneventful landing. Alert was intermittent but was on more than off battery volts got as low as 30 volts.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: MD11 Captain reports receiving Battery Discharging alert at FL310 and diverts to the nearest suitable airport as required by Flight Manual.

Narrative: After passing ABCXX Intersection 'Battery Discharging' alert illuminated. Declared emergency; got clearance to ZZZ. Called Dispatch to advise of our diversion and reason for it. Talked with Maintenance. Dumped fuel to 491.5 weight; made uneventful landing. Alert was intermittent but was on more than off Battery volts got as low as 30 Volts.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.