Service difficulty report · Transponder · Emb EMB145LR

Difficulty date
July 22, 2010
Submitted
July 26, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N14573
Make and model
Emb EMB145LR
Aircraft serial
145638
Aircraft time
19,078 hours, 14,754 cycles
Part
Transponder
Part number
7510700726
Part serial
01096998
Condition
Inoperative
Location
Comm Sys
Part time
18,920 hours, 14,466 cycles
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.

What was found

IAH - FLIGHT 5757, THE CREW REPORTED THAT ATC WAS UNABLE TO READ TRANSPONDER 1. THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO IAH WHERE IT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT AND REMOVED AND REPLACED THE NUMBER TWO INTEGRATED COMM TRANSPONDER UNIT, OPERATIONALLY TESTED WITH NO DEFECTS, AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS APPROVED FOR RETURN TO SERVICE.

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