What was found
WATER IN ELT CONNECTOR CAUSING CORROSION BETWEEN PINS, CAUSING ELT TO TURN ON, COULD NOT RESET.
- Difficulty date
- January 22, 2012
- Submitted
- January 27, 2012
- Operation
- General aviation
- Aircraft
- N2424U
- Make and model
- Piper PA46500TP
- Aircraft serial
- 4697459
- System (JASC)
- 2562 · Emergency Locator Beacon
- Part
- Connector
- Condition
- Corroded
- Location
- Elt
- Component
- Elt
- Component part number
- ME406
- 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.