What was found
ON FINAL APPROACH, NR 1 TRANSPONDER FAILED. WHILE PILOT WAS CHANGING TO NR 2 TRANSPONDER, THE NR 1 TRANSPONDER BEGAN TO SMOKE. PILOT PULLED CIRCUIT BREAKER FOR NR 1 TRANSPONDER. LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT.
- Difficulty date
- December 30, 2019
- Submitted
- December 31, 2019
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N922FE
- Make and model
- Cessna 208B
- Aircraft serial
- 208B0022
- Aircraft time
- 18,673 hours, 15,527 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 3452 · ATC Transponder System
- Part
- Transponder
- Part number
- 0110045570
- Part serial
- 84215054
- Condition
- Failed
- Location
- Nr 1
- Part time
- 3,081 hours, 2,712 cycles
- Stage of operation
- AP
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- B
- Precautionary procedure
- H
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.