What was found
WHILE TESTING ELT FOR FUNCTIONAL TEST ON BENCH. UNIT BEGAN TO SMOKE. REMOVED HEAD AND BATTERY AND NOTED BURNED AREA ON CIRCUIT BOARD. RETURNED TO MANUFACTURER FOR REPAIR.
- Difficulty date
- February 27, 1995
- Submitted
- March 26, 2000
- Operation
- General aviation
- Aircraft
- N5893F
- Make and model
- Piper PA28161
- Aircraft serial
- 287790142
- System (JASC)
- 2562 · Emergency Locator Beacon
- Part
- Elt
- Part number
- ELT10
- Condition
- Burned
- Location
- Circuit Board
- Part time
- 3,635 hours
- Component
- Narco
- Stage of operation
- IN
- Nature of condition
- B
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.