Service difficulty report · Flight Recorder · Emb EMB135KL

Difficulty date
August 26, 2009
Submitted
August 31, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N377SK
Make and model
Emb EMB135KL
Aircraft serial
145579
Aircraft time
20,879 hours, 15,253 cycles
Engine time
23,350 hours, 17,550 cycles
Part
Flight Recorder
Part number
9804700042
Part serial
SSFDR07828
Condition
Inoperative
Location
E&E Bay
Part time
15,506 hours, 12,591 cycles
Stage of operation
TO
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
C

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

What was found

DURING TAKEOFF ROLL IN STL ON RW 12L, EICAS MESSAGE "DFDR FAIL" APPEARED AT 60 KNOTS. THE TAKEOFF WAS ABORTED. WHEN THE FLIGHT RETURNED TO THE GATE, MAINTENANCE DEFERRED THE ITEM AND THE FLIGHT THEN CONTINUED AS NORMAL. ON THE NEXT DAY IN STL, MAINTENANCE CLEARED THE MEL BY REPLACING THE DFDR. ALL OPERATIONAL CHECKS WERE GOOD AND THE MEL WAS THEN CLEARED.

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