Service difficulty report · Control Box · Doug DC862F

Difficulty date
January 23, 2010
Submitted
January 25, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N71CX
Make and model
Doug DC862F
Aircraft serial
45961
Aircraft time
75,229 hours, 19,176 cycles
Part
Control Box
Part number
011014800013
Part serial
1641
Condition
Defective
Location
Atc
Part time
75,229 hours, 19,176 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
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

DURING CLIMB OUT, BOTH ATC TRANSPONDERS INOP. THE CREW RETURNED TO DEPARTURE WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MX REPLACED TCAS/ATC CONTROL PANEL AND TIGHTENED CONNECTOR ON TRANSPONDER ANTENNA SWITCHING RELAY. OPS CHECK GOOD IAW MM 34-53-0. ACFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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