SDR 2010F00200

Service difficulty report · Elt · Dhav DHC2MK2

Difficulty date
August 30, 2010
Submitted
August 31, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N323KT
Make and model
Dhav DHC2MK2
Aircraft serial
1022
Aircraft time
12,286 hours
Engine
Pwa R985AN14B
Engine time
11,790 hours
Propeller
Hartzl HCB3R304
Part
Elt
Part number
4536603
Part serial
05516
Condition
Defective
Location
Cabin
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
C
Nature of condition
L
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

THE INSTALLED ME406 ELT G-SWITCH WOULD NOT ACTIVATE DURING ROUTINE MX. THE ELT WAS TESTED IAW THE MM. ALL FLASH CODES WERE NORMAL DURING REMOTE SWITCH ACTIVATION. ALL FLASH CODES WERE NORMAL WHEN THE ELT WAS REMOVED FROM THE ACFT AND THE ARM SWITCH WAS ACTIVATED THE RESET. THE G-SWITCH TEST FAILED. THIS TEST IS PREFORMED USING A JUMPER WIRE CONNECTED TO THE CONNECTOR PLUG PORT. THE JUMPER ITSELF WAS TESTED AND TESTED NORMAL. THE ELT WAS DEEMED UNAIRWORTHY AND RETURNED TO THE MFG FOR REPAIR.