# SDR 95ZZZX681

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: January 24, 1995
- Submitted: March 26, 2000
- Operation: General aviation
- Aircraft: [N666DC](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N666DC), registered now
- Make and model: Beech E-90
- Registry model: [Beech E-90](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-e-90) (OpenAirDocs)
- Aircraft serial: LW44
- System (JASC): [3453 · Long-Range Navigation (LORAN) System](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/3453)
- Part: Antenna
- Part number: 8010900
- Condition: Defective
- Location: Loran
- Part time: 56,013 hours
- Stage of operation: IN
- Nature of condition: O
- Precautionary procedure: K
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/95ZZZX681

## Discrepancy

BOTH COMMS AND NAVS WOULD HAVE EXCESSIVE STATIC IN LIGHT PRECIPITATION.  THE COMMS WOULD BECOME UNREADABLE AND BOTH NAVS WOULD FLAG WITH LOSS OF L/R DEVIATION VOR OR LOC.  TEST AIRCRAFT WITH DAYTON GRANGIER HIGH VOLTAGE STATIC TESTER AND FOUND LORAN ANTENNA SOURCE OF NOISE.  REPLACE WITH HIGH-SPEED BLADE STYLE ANTENNA, PN 14663-03.  FLIGHT TESTED AND PROBLEM CORRECTED.

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