Service difficulty report · Transponder · Doug DC863

Difficulty date
February 12, 2002
Submitted
February 13, 2002
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N345JW
Make and model
Doug DC863
Aircraft serial
46042
Aircraft time
75,422 hours, 25,119 cycles
Part
Transponder
Part number
5222703011
Part serial
81213281
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
G
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

LOG PAGE 108434. DISCREPANCY: BOTH TRANSPONDERS MODE "C" ALTTITUDE REPORTING INOPERATIVE, C/B's RESET, NO HELP. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO KMIA AND LANDED OVERWEIGHT UNEVENTFULL. CORRECTIVE ACTION: REMOVED AND REPLACED BOTH #1 &#2 ATC TRANSPONDERS IAW MM 34-53-0 ACCOMPLISHED TEST IAW FAR 43 APPENDIX"E" AND "F", PARAG "G" AND MM-34-53-0, ALL COVERS AND FLAGS REMOVED AFTER TEST. ACCOMPLISHED OVERWEIGHT LANDING INSPECTION "A" IAW ARROW AIR J/C 6372, NO DEFECTS NOTED. AIRCRFAT RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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