SDR CA150907002

Service difficulty report · G Switch

Difficulty date: September 7, 2015
Submitted: April 22, 2016
Operation: General aviation
System (JASC): 2562 · Emergency Locator Beacon
Part: G Switch
Part number: 4535002RH
Condition: No Test
Location: Elt
Stage of operation: IN
How discovered: C
Nature of condition: L
Precautionary procedure: K

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

What was found

(CAN) DURING ANNUAL RECERTIFICATION OF ELT, THE G-SWITCH, INERTIALLY ACTIVATED, FUNCTION FAILED, INDICATING THAT THERE WOULD BE NO AUTOMATIC ACTIVATION OF THE ELT IN THE EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY. SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO ACTIVATE THE G-SWITCH WERE UNSUCCESSFUL. ELT WAS MFG IN 2008.