What was found
AN ATTEMPT TO REPLACE A BATTERY PACK IN AN ELT TRANSMITTER FAILED. EXAMINATION REVEALED THE PACK WAS TOO WIDE AND WOULD NOT FIT THE HOUSING OF THE ELT. ANOTHER WAS ORDERED AND FIT OK. MANUFACTURER WAS MERL INC., OF CONNECTICUT.
- Difficulty date
- March 5, 1996
- Submitted
- March 26, 2000
- Operation
- General aviation
- Aircraft
- N65FS
- Make and model
- Beech 58
- Aircraft serial
- TH1084
- System (JASC)
- 2562 · Emergency Locator Beacon
- Part
- Battery
- Part number
- BP1026
- Condition
- Mismfg
- Location
- Elt
- Component
- Merl
- 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.