Service difficulty report · Elt · Doug MD11F

Difficulty date
April 20, 2015
Submitted
April 23, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N631FE
Make and model
Doug MD11F
Aircraft serial
48454
Aircraft time
932 hours, 17,218 cycles
Part
Elt
Condition
Faulty
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

SUSPECT OUR ELT IS ACTIVE. HAVE BEEN LISTENING TO A STRONG ELT SIGNAL ON 121.5 FOR MOST OF FLIGHT. DUPLICATED TONE PRESENT ON BLOCK IN, WHILE LISTENING TO 121.5. ACCESSED ELT UNIT & PLACED SWITCH TO OFF, TONE CEASED ON 121.5. R & R ELT UNIT IAW M/M 23-25-01-4. NO AUDIBLE TONE HEARD ON 121.5 WITH SWITCH IN ARM. UNABLE TO COMPLETE ELT SYS, ADJUSTMENT & TESTED IAW MM23-25-01-5 DUE NO TESTER PN 455-9100 OR EQUIVALENT AVAILABLE IAW MM 23-25-01-5. COMPLETED 121.5 AUDIBLE TEST. TESTED SATISFACTORY, STILL UNABLE TO VERIFY 406 MHZ DIGITAL FUNCTION, DUE TESTER HAS NOT ARRIVED.

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