What was found
AFTER TAKEOFF FROM TEB, PILOT WAS NOTIFIED BY ATC THAT HIS TRANSPONDER WAS NOT WORKING AND HAD HIM CIRCLE BACK AND LAND AT TEB WITHOUT INCIDENT. AVIONICS REPLACED DEFECTIVE TRANSPONDER, OPERATIONAL CHECK NORMAL.
- Difficulty date
- March 9, 2012
- Submitted
- March 29, 2012
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N525AA
- Make and model
- Piper PA31350
- Aircraft serial
- 8052111
- Aircraft time
- 15,292 hours
- System (JASC)
- 3452 · ATC Transponder System
- Part
- Transponder
- Part number
- 066106200
- Part serial
- 122784
- Condition
- Inoperative
- Stage of operation
- CL
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- A
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.