SDR 2017F00207

Service difficulty report · Coupler · Cessna 208B

Difficulty date
December 19, 2017
Submitted
December 20, 2017
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N3910F
Make and model
Cessna 208B
Aircraft serial
208B0490
Aircraft time
19,024 hours
Part
Coupler
Part number
8037112
Part serial
1558
Condition
Corroded
Location
Vor System
Stage of operation
DE
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
L

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

What was found

UPON APPROACH ON FINAL TO LAND, PILOT NOTICED THE AIRCRAFT WAS APPROXIMATELY 1 MILE EAST OF THE RUNWAY. PILOT PERFORMED A MISSED APPROACH, NOTIFIED TOWER OF THE MISSED APPROACH AND THEN LOADED THE GPS APPROACH. THE PILOT EXECUTED THE GPS APPROACH AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER ISSUES. MAINTENANCE WAS NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE AND UPON INSPECTION THE DUAL PHASE COUPLER (COAX SPLITER) GOING TO THE TWO VOR ANTENNAS MOUNTED TO THE VERTICAL STABILIZER WAS FOUND TO BE CORRODED. MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL CONDUCTED A TEST ON THE COUPLER FINDING HIGH RESISTANCE ALONG WITH VARYING RESISTANCE WHEN THE COAX CABLES WERE WIGGLED. THE COUPLER WAS REPLACED WITH A NEW COUPLER AND NEW COAX CABLE WAS INSTALLED. THE AIRCRAFT OPERATED CORRECTLY ON THE GROUND AND TWO OPERATIONAL CHECK FLIGHTS WERE CONDUCTED.

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