Service difficulty report · Elt · Dorner DO328100

Difficulty date
January 30, 2008
Submitted
May 2, 2008
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Dorner DO328100
Aircraft time
5,683 hours
Engine
Pwa PW119C
Propeller
Hartzl HDE6C3B
Part
Elt
Part number
ELT97A2560000000
Condition
Failed
Part time
134 hours
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

(CAN) NUMEROUS UNCOMMANDED ELT ACTIVATIONS WITH ELT97. HAVE HAD ACTIVATIONS WITH THE AC INFLIGHT AND PARKED ON THE APRON. THE LASTEST WAS WITH ELT S/N-4584 ON JANUARY 30, 2008. THE AC HAD BEEN PARKED ON THE APRON FOR ROUGHLY 2 HOURS WHEN THE ELT SIGNAL WAS DETECTED. ALL ELTS HAVE BEEN CONFIRMED AS DEFECTIVE AFTER AN ACTIVATION BY REPLACEMENT OR BY SWAPPING WITH ANOTHER AC. DEFECTIVE ELTS HAVE BEEN RETURNED TO THE MFG FOR REPAIR OR REPLACEMENT. ATTEMPTS TO GET SUPPORT FROM MFG HAVE YEILDED LIMITED RESULTS. (TC NR 20080207007)