Service difficulty report · Coupler · Emb EMB145LR

Difficulty date
March 12, 2010
Submitted
March 15, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N257JQ
Make and model
Emb EMB145LR
Aircraft serial
145812
Aircraft time
15,080 hours, 13,126 cycles
Engine
Allsn AE3007A
Engine time
13,633 hours, 11,351 cycles
Part
Coupler
Part number
DMH211
Condition
Inoperative
Location
Vor/Loc System
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

AIRCRAFT DIVERTED TO KCMH DUE TO AN OPEN ILS MEL AND THE WEATHER CONDITIONS IN KDCA THAT REQUIRED AND ILS APPROACH. MAINTENANCE TROUBLESHOT THE FAULT AND FOUND THE MARKER BEACON AND GLIDE SLOPE SYSTEMS TO BE OPERATING NORMALLY AND ONLY THE LOCALIZER TO BE MALFUNCTIONING. MAINTENANCE FOUND THE VOR/LOC ANTENNA DIPLEXER-COUPLER TO BE AT FAULT IN THE VERTICAL STABILIZER AND REPLACED IT WITH NO FURTHER DEFECTS NOTED.

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