Service difficulty report · Elt · Piper PA28181

Difficulty date
January 5, 2018
Submitted
January 9, 2018
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N4166H
Make and model
Piper PA28181
Aircraft serial
2843119
Part
Elt
Part number
4530150
Part serial
40735
Condition
Malfunctioned
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

PILOTS HAD REPORTED THAT THE GPS WOULD LOOSE INTEG REPEATEDLY DURING FLIGHT. DUPLICATED ON GROUND. WHEN THE ELT WAS REPLACED FOR ROUTINE BATTERY REPLACEMENT, THE ISSUE CEASED. MECHANICS EXPERIMENTED AND NOTED WHEN THE PREVIOUSLY REMOVED ELT WAS BROUGHT WITHIN 20-30 FT OF AN AIRCRAFT, THAT AIRCRAFT WOULD LOSE INTEG AND HAD ERROR CODES ON THE GPS.

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