Service difficulty report · Transponder · Bell 407

Difficulty date
May 12, 1998
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N427PH
Make and model
Bell 407
Aircraft serial
53059
Part
Transponder
Part number
066106200
Condition
Failed
Location
Cockpit
Component
KT76
Stage of operation
CR
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

TRANSPONDER QUIT DURING CRUISE FLIGHT. PERFOMED PRELIMINARY INSPECTION. FOUND UNIT TO FIRE UP OK AT FIRST, BUT AFTER AWHILE, UNIT HAD ONLY 50% REPLY. ADJUSTED PRESELECTOR. NO HELP. REPLACED MIXER DIODE CR202. REPAIRED PROBLEM. UNIT QUIT RECEIVING AFTER WARM UP. FOUND PROBLEM TO BEON PRESELECTOR SIDE OF UNIT. REPLACED PRESELECTOR. FOUND UNIT NOT FIRING UP. MOVED COILS IN LOCAL OSCILLATOR. NO HELP.

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