Service difficulty report · Antenna Lead · Emb EMB135KL

Difficulty date
December 9, 2010
Submitted
December 10, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N373SK
Make and model
Emb EMB135KL
Aircraft serial
145543
Aircraft time
24,296 hours, 19,178 cycles
Engine
Allsn AE3007A
Engine time
25,068 hours, 19,690 cycles
Part
Antenna Lead
Part number
1978
Condition
Contaminated
Location
Vor
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
L

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

What was found

ON APPROACH TO RUNWAY 14L IN ORD, THE CREW WAS UNABLE TO RECEIVE LOCALIZER SIGNALS WITH BOTH RADIOS FROM 20 NAUTICAL MILES OUT. THE FLIGHT DIVERTED TO MKE IN ORDER TO PERFORM AN RNAV APPROACH AND WAS ABLE TO RECEIVE LOCALIZER SIGNALS WHEN WITHIN 10 NAUTICAL MILES OF MKE. THE FLIGHT THEN LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE REMOVED BOTH VOR ANTENNAS AND FOUND WATER IN THE ANTENNA CONNECTIONS. THE CONNECTIONS WERE CLEANED AND RESEALED AND THE ANTENNAS WERE RE-INSTALLED SEALED WITH NO FURTHER DEFECTS NOTED.

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