What was found
ELT UNIT WEAK UPON TEST. REMOVED AND REPLACED BATTERIES (OLD WERE MISMATCHED) W/NEW, NO IMPROVEMENT. OUR GOVERNMENT RADIO SHOP CHECKED UNIT. 1) FOUND DISSIMILAR METALS ON SOLDERING JOINTS(IE STEEL/SOLDER) 2) UNIT WAY OFF FREQUENCY.
- Difficulty date
- April 19, 2001
- Submitted
- June 29, 2001
- Operation
- General aviation
- Aircraft
- N2PS
- Make and model
- Cessna U206G
- Aircraft serial
- U20606916
- System (JASC)
- 2562 · Emergency Locator Beacon
- Part
- Elt
- Part number
- AK450
- Part serial
- 454321
- Condition
- Defective
- Location
- Tail
- Part time
- 86 hours
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- C
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.