After discussing with company maintenance and management their inability to rectify a battery fault ...

Attributes
ACN	985073
Time
Date	201112
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	Mixed
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	SA-227 AC Metro III
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 135
Flight Phase	Cruise
Route In Use	Direct
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	DC Battery
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying First Officer
Qualification	Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Commercial
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 30 Flight Crew Total 720 Flight Crew Type 460
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Deviation - Procedural FAR Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence

Narrative:

In cruise flight we experienced a battery fault light; which detects problems within the electrical system. We ran through the checklist and the light was not extinguished. We continued to our destination because we were now only about 15 NM away. We landed with no issue and then performed the checklists again; called maintenance; the chief pilot and the director of operations. No one had a remedy. They insisted; however; that we continue the next leg of our sequence. I refused to go on the flight for legality and safety concerns. There were just too many factors adding into a possible problem. The weather was marginal; it was the PIC's first flight as a captain; and the [battery fault] light was an issue. My director of operations insisted that I go and explained to me that it wasn't a big deal; and that it wasn't a problem. He asked me to break the law countless times within the conversation. But I refused to go. They talked the captain into going and I stayed on the ground. During the captain's flight he experienced a wing over heat light caused from an electrical problem and was forced to shut down the left engine and declare an emergency and divert.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: After discussing with Company Maintenance and Management their inability to rectify a battery fault light; which appeared on their arrival to an intermediate stop; the flight crew of an SA227 was pressured by the managers to continue to their next scheduled stop without resolving the fault light warning. The reporter refused to go but the Captain agreed to do so. While enroute the Captain was confronted by a wing overheat light--attributed by the reporter to have been caused by an 'electrical problem'--and had to shut down the left engine; declare an emergency and divert.

Narrative: In cruise flight we experienced a battery fault light; which detects problems within the electrical system. We ran through the checklist and the light was not extinguished. We continued to our destination because we were now only about 15 NM away. We landed with no issue and then performed the checklists again; called Maintenance; the Chief Pilot and the Director of Operations. No one had a remedy. They insisted; however; that we continue the next leg of our sequence. I refused to go on the flight for legality and safety concerns. There were just too many factors adding into a possible problem. The weather was marginal; it was the PIC's first flight as a Captain; and the [battery fault] light was an issue. My Director of Operations insisted that I go and explained to me that it wasn't a big deal; and that it wasn't a problem. He asked me to break the law countless times within the conversation. But I refused to go. They talked the Captain into going and I stayed on the ground. During the Captain's flight he experienced a wing over heat light caused from an electrical problem and was forced to shut down the left engine and declare an emergency and divert.

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.