Service difficulty report · Elt · Amtr RV6

Difficulty date
October 14, 2019
Submitted
October 15, 2019
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N157GS
Make and model
Amtr RV6
Part
Elt
Part number
E04
Part serial
2DC88AD8ECFFBFF
Condition
False Activation
Location
Cabin
Part time
46 hours
Component
A
Stage of operation
LD
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

AT ENGINE SHUT DOWN, HEARD ACK ELT E-04 BUZZER GOING OFF. ELT WAS UPGRADED IN JULY 2019. THIS WAS FIRST FALSE ALARM. FLEW FROM 18A TO NC25. FLIGHT WAS ABOUT 1.5-HOURS. LANDING WAS NOT PERFECT SMOOTH BUT G-METER HAD RECORDED 0.5 TO 1.7 G DURING TAKEOFF, FLIGHT, AND LANDING. I HAVE PHOTO OF G-METER HTTPS://POSTIMG.CC/Y4JGFLYT. ELT DOES HAVE A STATIC SUPPRESSOR INSTALLED THAT WAS PROVIDED BY ACK IN THE UPGRADE KIT TO PREVENT FALSE ALARMS. THIS IS FIRST FALSE ALARM IN 46.5-HOURS SINCE INSTALLED 03 JULY 2019. ALL BATTERIES WERE NEW ON 03 JULY 2019. PILOT IS BUILDER/OWNER COMMERCIAL RATED AND A&P. WAS DAR A FEW YEARS BACK. PHONED NOAA AND REPORTED FALSE ALARM. THEY TOOK MY INFO BUT HAD NOT HAD THE ACTIVATION SIGNAL YET.