Service difficulty report · Antenna · Cessna 208B

Difficulty date
August 9, 2011
Submitted
August 9, 2011
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N976E
Make and model
Cessna 208B
Aircraft serial
208B0976
Aircraft time
8,309 hours, 8,280 cycles
Part
Antenna
Part number
110773
Condition
Broken
Location
Elt
Part time
1,800 hours, 1,750 cycles
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

ANTENNA, PN 110-773 APPEARS TO BE BROKEN INTERNALLY. THE TOP PORTION OF THE ANTENNA, INCLUDING THE WIRE WHIP, CAN BE EASILY LIFTED OFF THE BASE. VISUAL INSP ALONE WILL NOT REVEAL THIS DISCONNECT. THIS ANTENNA IS PART OF THE ME406 ELT SYSTEM. THIS IS THE 4TH INCIDENT OF THIS CONDITION ON VARIOUS AIRPLANES IN THE FLEET ALL OF WHICH HAD LOWER TIME AND CYCLES ON THE ANTENNA THAN THIS ONE.

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