SDR 95ZZZX1252

Service difficulty report · Receiver · Mooney M20K

Difficulty date
February 1, 1995
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N231RD
Make and model
Mooney M20K
Aircraft serial
205427
Part
Receiver
Part number
GPS155
Condition
Misinstall
Location
Gps System
Stage of operation
IN
Nature of condition
W
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

THE GARMIN GPS-155 INSTALLATION DOCUMENT DOES NOT ALERT THE INSTALLING AGENCY OF THE POSSIBILITY THAT THE NAV 1 SYSTEM WILL DISPLAY ERRONEOUS INFORMATION WHEN THE GPS-155 IS INSTALLED IAW GARMIN DOCUMENT 190-00065-02, REV G, 9-13-94. THIS SITUATION WILL OCCUR WHEN PILOT SELECTS 'GPS' MODE, & THE OBS INPUTS TO THE NAV 1 RECEIVER ARE LEFT OPEN-CIRCUITED. ON FIGURES 1-3, PAGE 24 (GARMIN GPS-155 INSTALL), THE NAV 1 SOURCE ON THE SCHEMATIC IS NOT DEFINDED TO A SPECIFIC MODEL OF NAV RECEIVER. THERE ARE SEVERAL NAV SYSTEM (I.E., KING KNS-80, KNS-81, ETC.) THAT WILL NOT OPERATE CORRECTLY WITH THE OBS LINES OPEN-CIRCUITED.

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