Service difficulty report · Altimeter · Beech 1900C

Difficulty date
May 25, 2011
Submitted
May 27, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N34RZ
Make and model
Beech 1900C
Aircraft serial
UC151
Aircraft time
14,753 hours, 23,356 cycles
Part
Altimeter
Part number
066306200
Part serial
U2234
Condition
Inoperative
Part time
99,999 hours, 99,999 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
P
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

UPON DEPARTURE THE PILOT REPORTED A GPS ALTITUDE FAILURE FOLLOWED BY ATC REQUESTING A CHECK OF THE TRANSPONDER. THE PILOT SELECTED THE NR 2 TRANSPONDER, ATC REPORTED THAT THEY WERE STILL NOT RECEIVING ALTITUDE REPORTING INFORMATION. THE PILOT NOTICED A 10-20 KNOT ERROR IN THE AIRSPEED INDICATION. THE PILOT SELECTED THE ALTERNATE STATIC SOURCE THERE WAS NO CHANGE IN THE ALTITUDE INDICATION OR THE AIRSPEED INDICATION. DUE TO THESE MULTIPLE FAILURES THE PILOT CONTACTED AIRPORT APPROACH AND REQUESTED RETURN TO DEPARTURE. THE PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MX PERSONNEL TESTED THE PITOT/ STATIC AND TRANSPONDER SYSTEMS AND FOUND THE PILOTS ENCODING ALTIMETER HAD NO MODE C OUTPUT. PURGED THE PITOT/ STATIC LINES; THE AIRSPEED INDICATORS, OPERATIONAL CHECKED GOOD. REPLACED THE PILOTS ENCODING ALTIMETER; FAR 91.411/ 91.413 CHECKS COMPLETED AND FOUND SATISFACTORY.

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