Service difficulty report · Transceiver · Gulstm 200

Difficulty date
December 14, 2013
Submitted
December 19, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N737QS
Make and model
Gulstm 200
Aircraft serial
127
Aircraft time
6,719 hours, 4,094 cycles
Part
Transceiver
Part number
8220615315
Part serial
2L76L
Condition
Faulty
Location
Radio Altimeter
Part time
3,277 hours, 2,026 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

35 MINS INTO FLIGHT FROM KTIW TO KLAS, AT FL 390, .76M THE RED GEAR NOT DOWN CASS MSG ILLUMINATED TRIGGERING THE RED MASTER WARNING. THE POWER WAS SET TO 92.8 N1 & GEAR LEVER FULLY SELECTED UP. CASS MSG STAYED ILLUMINATED FOR APPROXIMATELY 15 TO 20 SECONDS THEN WENT OUT. DID NOT ILLUMINATE THE REST OF THE FLIGHT. PERFORMED OPERATIONS CHECKS, WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE SQUAWK AT THIS TIME. REPLACED NR 1 AFT RAD ALT ANT PN S67-2002, SN 543-66568 WITH NEW ANT PN S67-2002, SN 543-69568 IAW G200 CMP 344403. REMOVED RADIO ALTIMETER TRANSCEIVER PN 822-0615-315, SN 2L76L & INSTALLED AN OVERHAULED RADIO ALTIMETER TRANSCEIVER PN 822-0615-315, SN 12HLD IAW 200 CMP 344402. PERFORMED RADIO ALTIMETER SYS FUNCTIONAL TEST IAW G200 CMP 344410 WITH NO FAULTS FOUND AT THIS TIME.