Service difficulty report · Elt · Piper PA31350

Difficulty date
November 11, 2015
Submitted
April 22, 2016
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Piper PA31350
Aircraft time
6,142 hours
Engine
Lyc TIO540J2BD
Propeller
Hartzl HCE3YR2A
Part
Elt
Part number
4536603
Condition
False Activation
Location
Cabin
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

(CAN) AN UNCOMMANDED ELT ACTIVATION WAS REPORTED 11-NOV-2015. ELT, REMOTE SWITCH AND HARNESS WERE INSPECTED. CORROSION WAS FOUND ON THE HARNESS AT THE REMOTE SWITCH. CORROSION REMOVED AND SYS CONTINUITY CHECKED. FOUND SERVICEABLE. ELT & REMOTE SWITCH TESTED FOR OPERATION WITH NO FURTHER FAULT FOUND. THIS WAS THE THIRD OCCURRENCE. FIRST OCCURRENCE WAS 07-JAN-2015, NO CADOR. THE BATTERY WAS REPLACED ON ELT, PN 453-6603. REMOTE SWITCH WAS REPLACED WITH NEW PN 345-6196-04. SECOND OCCURRENCE WAS 01-APR-2015, CADOR 2015C1132. ELT PN 453-6603, SN 188-03639 WAS REPLACED WITH ELT PN 453-6603 .

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