Service difficulty report · Elt · Airbus A321271NX

Difficulty date
December 4, 2025
Submitted
December 5, 2025
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N14528
Make and model
Airbus A321271NX
Aircraft serial
12354
Aircraft time
2,167 hours, 787 cycles
Part
Elt
Condition
False Activation
Location
Zone 200
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
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

ELT TRANSPONDER IS REPORTING AN EMERGENCY. REPORTED BY CITY OPS TOWER. AIRPLANE WAS SQUAWKING DURING TOW. TOW WAS ABORTED AND AIRPLANE DEENERGIZED. UPON ARRIVAL TO AIRPLANE, POWERED UP AIRPLANE AND TUNED INTO ELT FREQUENCY. NO TRANSMISSION HEARD. NO CFDS MESSAGES. VERIFIED PORTABLE ELTS WERE NOT TAMPERED WITH. NO ELT STATUS. REF AMM 25-65-00/001 CONFIG 00 AND TSM 24-00-00-810-818-A.

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