Service difficulty report · Elt · Beech 200BEECH

Difficulty date
December 11, 2014
Submitted
March 12, 2015
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Beech 200BEECH
Aircraft time
36,013 hours
Engine
Pwa PT6A67D
Part
Elt
Condition
Contaminated
Location
Cabin
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) ON APPROACH WAS ADVISED BY TOWER AND AREA CONTROL CENTRE THAT THEY MAY HAVE AN ELT INADVERTANTLY TRANSMITTING. THE AIRCRAFT WAS MET BY MAINTENANCE WHEN IT LANDED AND IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT ELT WAS FILLED WITH WATER, POSSIBLY DUE TO HEAVY RAIN STORM FROM THE PREVIOUS DAY. THE ELT WAS REMOVED FROM THE AIRCRAFT AND THE SYSTEM MELÏ¿½D AS PER APPROVED MEL PROCEDURES. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE. SERVICEABLE ELT WAS INSTALLED AND THE MEL WAS CLEARED AT THE NEXT MAINTENANCE VISIT.